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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
methylidyne anion CH- CH2 Methylene

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G4 1638

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF         1609             1547         1564 1534
density functional LSDA 2352 1815 1815 1790 1807 1810 1635 1739 1743 1808     1767 1712 1632   1712  
BLYP         1672                       1604  
B1B95                                 1603  
B3LYP                       1582         1607  
B3LYPultrafine                               1674    
B3PW91                                 1594  
mPW1PW91                                 1591  
M06-2X     1655   1664                          
PBEPBE                                 1585  
PBE1PBE         1643                          
HSEh1PBE   1641     1644                 1587        
TPSSh         1648   1546     1651       1592        
wB97X-D     1660   1666   1564   1629     1588 1564 1612   1570    
B97D3   1669     1670   1564   1632   1569 1588   1613   1567    
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2         1649     1605       1586         1603  
MP2=FULL                             1674   1607  
MP3             1667                      
MP3=FULL         1660   1573                      
MP4                           1614        
B2PLYP         1726                 1658        
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                                 1620  
QCISD(T)                                 1621  
Coupled Cluster CCD                                 1621  
CCSD(T)                                 1621  
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z 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                 1548
density functional B3LYP                 1585
PBEPBE                 1564
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 1582
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.