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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Ammonia Dimer NH3NH3 N2H7+ ammonia ammonium dimer

Bonding changes

Bond type H-N changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1  
PM3  
composite G2 892
G3B3 909
G4 906

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
hartree fock HF 1012 1037 1037 978   970 947 959 961 961   950 966 950 944     941
density functional BLYP 1271 1092 1092 1035 998 1007 775 981 981 996   779 995 962        
B1B95 1064 1084 1084 1027 987 987 961 979 979 986   964 988 963   948 949  
B3LYP 1068 1086 1086 1028 991 1000 771 979 979 989   774 991 962 953 945 946 946
B3LYPultrafine   1086     991   959         961 991 962     946  
B3PW91 1276 1093 1093 1035 1000 1009 785 988 990 997   788 1000 974        
mPW1PW91 1070 1091 1091 1034 998 1008 782 988 989 996   975 1000 974     961  
M06-2X 1079 1074 1074 1019 982     968 972     958   953     940  
PBEPBE 1283 1099 1099 1043 1008 1013 789 993 995 1003   977 1004 978   958 959  
PBEPBEultrafine   1099     1008   973         978 1004 978     959  
PBE1PBE 1279 1091 1091 1033 997 997 781 987 988 996   974 999 973   957 959  
HSEh1PBE 1072 1090 1090 1032 996 1005 780 986 987 995   783 997 972   956 957  
TPSSh   1090 1090 1037 999 1007 785 988   811   975 998 975   960 961  
wB97X-D     1092       969   985       950 784        
B97D3                                    
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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1286 1078 1078 1004 979 993 956 974 978 976   963 988 957 946   938 938
MP2=FULL 1287 1078 1078 1004 980 994 957 974 979 980   963 989 961 948   942 941
MP3         977   959         775 987 959        
MP3=FULL         978   960         966 987 963        
MP4   891     787             964   958        
MP4=FULL   1081     788                          
B2PLYP 1069 1080 1080 1016 984 994 766 974 977 982   959 987 958     941  
B2PLYP=FULL 1069 1080 1080 1016 984 995 766 975 977 983   959 987 959     942  
Configuration interaction CID   1070 1070 1002 975     972                    
CISD   1072 1072 1003 975     972                    
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1078 1078 1006 976 990 957 972 977 973   963 986 958        
QCISD(T)         977             964   958     755  
QCISD(TQ)                                    
Coupled Cluster CCD   1073 1075 1005 976 989 957 972 977     963 985 958        
CCSD         976   767         963 986 958        
CCSD=FULL         977             964 986 962        
CCSD(T)         977   768         964   958     755  
CCSD(T)=FULL         978             965   773     757  
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

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 966 949 964 948 961 962     945
density functional B3LYP 824 792 1001 969 824 824     954
PBEPBE                 970
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 986 772 979 958 984 984     950
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.