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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Oxygen atom anion O- OH Hydroxyl radical

Bonding changes

Bond type H-O gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G4 1604

Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF         1718           1656       1629
density functional LSDA 2490 1853 1853 1697                      
BLYP         1749                    
B3LYP                     1637        
B3LYPultrafine                           1587  
M06-2X     1834                        
PBE1PBE         1738                    
TPSSh         1743 1597     1763       1691    
wB97X-D     1847   1735 1595   1721     1645 1595 1689 1601  
B97D3   1871     1752 1594   1734   1605 1652   1698 1596  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2         1719   1699       1654        
MP2=FULL                           1597  
MP3           1774                  
MP3=FULL         1724 1610                  
MP4                           1595  
B2PLYP                         1686    
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ

Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD cc-pVTZ-PP aug-cc-pVTZ-PP Def2TZVPP
hartree fock HF                 1663
density functional B3LYP                 1644
PBEPBE                 1647
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 1655
For descriptions of the methods (AM1, HF, MP2, ...) and basis sets (3-21G, 3-21G*, 6-31G, ...) see the glossary in section I.C. Predefined means the basis set used is determined by the method.