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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Methylidyne CH CH2+ methylene cation

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 AM1  
PM3  
composite G2 783
G3 773
G3B3 774
G3MP2 702
G4 779
CBS-Q 780

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 833 702 702 716 735 741 737 733 739 745   738 736 742 742 736 742 742 761 742
ROHF   748 748 766 765 772 756 758 764     764 760 764 764 755 763 764 764  
density functional LSDA 917 760 760 772 777 780 765 764 767 780     766 767 766 760 765 766 713  
BLYP 957 819 819 829 836 839 822 823 827 840   728 822 826   717 726   729  
B1B95 922 788 788 801 808 802 800 800 803 813   737 799 804 803 795 802 802 737  
B3LYP 946 811 811 822 831 835 821 821 824 835   822 819 825 824 815 823 824 736  
B3LYPultrafine   734     831 749 734 732       736 733 736   725 823      
B3PW91 916 737 780 794 803 807 796 795 799 808   744 796 800   735 742   744  
mPW1PW91 912 777 777 790 800 804 793 792 797 805   745 793 797   736 743   746  
M06-2X 867 739 801 753 748 753 740 737 742 748   741 739 739   732 737      
PBEPBE 861 784 784 794 741 805 790 729 735 806   732 791 794 793 722 729 792 732  
PBEPBEultrafine   731     741 746 730 729       732 731 732   722 729      
PBE1PBE 866 736 736 753 798 747 740 737 744 748   742 739 741   732 739      
HSEh1PBE 866 736 736 753 747 752 740 737 744 748   742 739 741   732 739      
TPSSh   740 740 758 806 759 747 745   821   749 747 812   741 747      
wB97X-D     788   813   807   748     808 807 812     810      
B97D3   815     834   825   831   828 827   828     825      
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 879 740 740 751 773 789 782 767 781 789   783 775 787 791 772 787 791 746  
MP2=FULL 879 740 740 751 773 789 782 767 781 790   755 775 791 792 737 748 792 751  
ROMP2 901 751 751 765 751 765 753 739 751 751   754 746 745   736        
MP3         782   780                          
MP3=FULL         782   793                          
MP4   753     785       794                      
B2PLYP 872 739 739 754 746 754 740 734 742 747   742 737 819   728 736      
B2PLYP=FULL 872 739 739 754 746 754 741 734 742 747   742 737 740   729 738      
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine 872 739 739 754   754 741 734 742 747   742       729        
Configuration interaction CID   752 752 763 784     778                        
CISD   752 752 763 783     777                        
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   754 754 764 785 802 795 779 794 801   744 789 799   723 731   734  
QCISD(T)         786     725       742 789 798   784 797   731  
QCISD(T)=FULL         738   742           733 737 732 722 734 731    
Coupled Cluster CCD   753 753 764 786 804 797 780 795 803   745 790 801   787 800   735  
CCSD         739         740   744 734 734 733 723 731 715    
CCSD=FULL         739         741   744 735 740 736 724 738 735    
CCSD(T)         786 753   725       742 733 798 730 784 797 729 731  
CCSD(T)=FULL         786             742 733 737 732 722 734 731    
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ 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 714 735 710 734 708 709     741
density functional B3LYP 810 822 808 822 804 805     823
PBEPBE                 792
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 745 768 745 771 739 740     786
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.