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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
diazomethane CH2NN NH2CNH+ cyanamide, cn protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type C=N lost 1
Bond type H-C lost 2
Bond type N=N lost 1
Bond type C-N gained 1
Bond type C#N gained 1
Bond type H-N gained 3
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
PM6  
composite G3B3 936
G4 901

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 daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 1111 1063 1063 1020 972 997 986 975 993 996 986 988 982 987 979   985
density functional BLYP   975 975                            
B1B95   992 992 952                          
B3LYP     998 959                          
B3LYPultrafine                                  
B3PW91   1003 1003 964                          
mPW1PW91   1007 1007 967                          
M06-2X     1011                            
PBEPBE   976 976                            
PBEPBEultrafine                                  
PBE1PBE                                  
HSEh1PBE   919                              
TPSSh         910                        
wB97X-D     1018                            
B97D3   988                              
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 daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   1010 1010                            
MP2=FULL   1010 1010             952       939      
MP3                                  
MP3=FULL         944                        
MP4   1007                              
B2PLYP                                  
Configuration interaction CID   1036     951                        
CISD   1032     948                        
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 daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1017                              
QCISD(T)                                  
Coupled Cluster CCD   1028             961 963       956      
CCSD                                  
CCSD(T)                                  
CCSD(T)=FULL                                  
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 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 1022 977 1019 970 1022 1022     986
density functional B3LYP 955   952   955 955      
PBEPBE                  
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 965 922 961   964 963      
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.