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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
vinylidene CCH2 C2H3+ vinyl cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +2
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G2 1002
G3 990
G3B3 993
G4 995
CBS-Q 987

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 965 869 869 876 894 901 894 889 898 909 812 899 893 904 904 893 903 904 904
ROHF   869 869 876 894 901 904 889 898       893 904 904 893 903 904  
density functional LSDA 1129 1006 1006 1015 1020 1031 1016 1010 1024 1042     1022 1028   1016 1027    
BLYP 1122 1018 1018 1026 1025 1032 1013 1013 1021 1037   1018 1016 1022          
B1B95 1105 1001 1001 1012 1014 1034 1014 1008 1023 1038   1021 1017 1027   1014 1027    
B3LYP 1114 1009 1009 1018 1019 1026 1011 1008 1017 1034   1015 1012 1021 1021 1006 1020 1020  
B3LYPultrafine         1019   811           1012 1021   1006 1020    
B3PW91 1096 989 989 1001 1002 1011 1000 994 1008 1023   1007 1003 1013          
mPW1PW91 1090 983 983 995 996 1006 994 988 1004 1018   1002 998 1008   995 1008    
M06-2X 1097 982 982 995 1002 1014 1001 992 1006 1026   1008 1004 1011   1001 1010    
PBEPBE 1108 998 998 1008 1007 1018 1002 997 1012 1028   1009 1008 1015   1002 1014    
PBEPBEultrafine         1007               1008 1015   1002 1013    
PBE1PBE 1093 983 983 994 995 995 995 989 1004 1018   1002 999 1008   996 1008    
HSEh1PBE 1092 982 982 993 995 1006 928 988 1003 1017   1001 998 1007   995 1007    
TPSSh         1003   997     1019       1009          
wB97X-D     1002   1015   1009   1019     1018 1011 1026     1025    
B97D3   1013     1022   1015   1022   1024 1020   1025     1023    
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1116 987 987 994 1032 1052 1040 1026 1049 1068   1051 1037 1058 1064 1033 1058 1063  
MP2=FULL 1117 987 987 995 1034 1054 1042 1027 1051 1070   1053 1038 1065 1067 1034 1064 1066  
ROMP2 810 560 560 571 412 388 375 377         385            
MP3         1020   970                        
MP3=FULL         1021   1028                        
MP4   997     1032       1047     1051 1034 1054   1028 1053    
MP4=FULL   998     1033       1048       1035 1061   1030 1059    
Configuration interaction CID   971 971 979 997     991                      
CISD   962 962 969 989     979                      
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   964 964 970 992 1006 993 981 1002 1019   1007 990 1010   985 1009    
QCISD(T)         994             1014 997 1016   991 1014    
Coupled Cluster CCD   982 982 990 1015 1033 1022 1008 1029 1047   1033 1019 1038   1014 1037    
CCSD         990   1036   1002     1007 990 1010 1013 985 1008    
CCSD=FULL         990             1008 992 1018 1017 986 1016    
CCSD(T)         994   1044   1010     1015 998 1017 1020 991 1015    
CCSD(T)=FULL         995             1016 999 1025 1024 993 1023 1023  
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ 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 853 876 857 884 861 861     903
density functional B3LYP 982 993 986 1006 998 998     1019
PBEPBE                 1013
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 964 1008 974 1023 977 978     1057
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.