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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
diazomethane CH2NN HNCNH2+ diiminomethane, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type C=N changed by +1
Bond type H-C lost 2
Bond type N=N lost 1
Bond type H-N gained 3
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G3B3 934
G4 897

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   988 982 987 979   985
density functional BLYP 999 975 975 937 901 920 904 904 919 926       915      
B1B95 1016 992 992 952 910 901 918 913 930 936     918 925 916 934  
B3LYP     998 959 918 939 925 922 938 944   931 927 934 923 930  
B3LYPultrafine         918   925             934   930  
B3PW91 1023 1003 1003 964 922 942 931 925 942 947     930 938      
mPW1PW91 1029 1007 1007 967 925 946 934 928 946 951     933 942      
M06-2X     1011                            
PBEPBE 1002 976 976 938 899 919 905 903 919 925     908 915      
PBEPBEultrafine         899                        
PBE1PBE         921                        
HSEh1PBE   919     836   846             853      
TPSSh         908   916     931       923      
wB97X-D     1018   934   943   955     950 952 950   948  
B97D3                     927            
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 1074 1010 1010 968 838 947 847 836 943 944   854 930 933 921 927  
MP2=FULL 1074 1010 1010 968 840 949 932 921 945 952     931 939      
MP3         2145   890                    
MP3=FULL         944   954                    
MP4   1007     916       936                
B2PLYP         917                 931   927  
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   974 932 958 944 930 953 956     941 948      
QCISD(T)         920                        
Coupled Cluster CCD   1028   988 942 965 951 938 961 963     947 956      
CCSD         934                        
CCSD(T)         920               931 936 922 930  
CCSD(T)=FULL         922               932 858      
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 955 920 952 916 955 955     932
PBEPBE                 913
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 965 922 961 910 964 963     933
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.