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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Methoxy radical CH3O CH3OH+ Methyl alcohol cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-O gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1  
PM3  
composite G4 670

Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 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-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF   693 693 559 669         691 683 682 686 688 680   685
ROHF   595       595 557 576         596 600      
density functional LSDA         721     708                  
BLYP   737   708 723 737 714 713         645 724      
B3LYP   719 719 693 709 724 705 700   729   706 722 715 705    
B3LYPultrafine                               708  
B3PW91   720 720 695 716 727 712 704   733     727 722      
mPW1PW91   719     710 726 710 702         725 720      
M06-2X     707   696                        
PBE1PBE         705                        
HSEh1PBE   713     704                 715      
TPSSh         713   712             722      
wB97X-D     719   712   712   722     715 712 722   718  
B97D3   740     731   727   740   729 730   737   731  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 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-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   703 703 666 679 700 685 677   704   690 705 699 685    
MP2=FULL   703     679 701 685 678         706        
MP3                                  
MP3=FULL         679   686                    
B2PLYP                                  
Configuration interaction CID         678     675                  
CISD   611     681                        
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 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-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   716     594 714 698 686 711       715        
Coupled Cluster CCD         680     677                  
CCSD         692                        
CCSD(T)         598                        
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 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-pVDZ 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 663 669 662 671         686
density functional B3LYP 686 699   694   691     711
PBEPBE                 725
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 662 672   672 663 663     696
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.