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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
methylmethylene CH3CH C2H5+ Ethyl cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +2
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G4 947

Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 3-21G* 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-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF     877           883       887
density functional BLYP     980                    
B3LYP                 967        
B3LYPultrafine                       869  
M06-2X   929 959                    
PBE1PBE     958                    
HSEh1PBE                          
TPSSh     961 957     973       963    
wB97X-D   944 976 973   977     976 973 980 979  
B97D3     981 975   979   978 976   980 977  
3-21G 3-21G* 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-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2     957   951       968        
MP3                          
MP3=FULL     956 965                  
B2PLYP                     972    
3-21G 3-21G* 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-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                 887
density functional B3LYP                 970
PBEPBE                 966
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 971
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.