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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Methyl radical CH3 CH4+ Methane cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G3 513
G3B3 497
G4 512
CBS-Q 511

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 464 471 471 478 490             514             519
density functional BLYP 544 545 545 551 555 564 549 544 552 565     559 551          
B1B95 525 530 530 537 542 564 542 537 547 554     551 547   546      
B3LYP 527 530 530 537   551 540 534 543 554     549 543 543 542 542 542  
B3LYPultrafine         542                            
B3PW91 527 532 532 539 544 554 545 539 549 557     554 550          
mPW1PW91 522 527 527 535 540 550 541 536 547 553     550 547          
M06-2X     515                                
PBEPBE 545 544 544 551 555 564 552 547 557 566     561 556          
PBE1PBE                                      
HSEh1PBE                                      
TPSSh         542   543     555       545          
wB97X-D     533   545   546   550     549 560 552     551    
B97D3   549     562   561   566   564 563   566     564    
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 501 490 490 495 505     505   526   525              
MP2=FULL 502 490 490 495 509     507   527                  
MP3         512   530                        
MP3=FULL         513   524                        
MP4   495     513                            
B2PLYP                           530          
Configuration interaction CID   492 492 497 511     510                      
CISD   414 493 498 511     510                      
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   494 -43 499 512     511                      
QCISD(T)         514                            
Coupled Cluster CCD   493 493 498 512     510   527                  
CCSD         513                            
CCSD(T)                                      
CCSD(T)=FULL         514                            
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 481   480   474 474     518
density functional B3LYP 534 540   534 531 532     542
PBEPBE                 555
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 495 509 493 507 488 488     524
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.