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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Fulvene C6H6 C6H7+ benzene, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +1
Bond type C-C changed by +1
Bond type C=C changed by -1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G3B3 872
G4 839

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 1119 931 931 938 938 942 925 925 927   925 928 925 924 923
density functional LSDA 1054 900 900 897 893 896 876 874 874 893   879 873 871  
BLYP   927 927 927 925 929 904 905 906     909 903    
B1B95                             895
B3LYP     926 927   928 907 907 908 926 905 911 905 902 903
B3LYPultrafine                             903
B3PW91 1072 923 923 925 922 925 909 907 908     910 907    
mPW1PW91 1073 922 922   922 925 908 907 908     910 907    
M06-2X     901   897                    
PBEPBE 1068 919 919 920 917 920 900 900 901     903 898 895  
PBE1PBE         918                    
HSEh1PBE   920     919   905           903    
TPSSh         926   912     927     910    
wB97X-D     926   927   913   911   911 913 911   909
B97D3   940     940   923   925   922   923   920
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1081 895 895 892 889 901   869 877 886   879 870 865 864
MP2=FULL 1081 894 894 892 888 901 878 869 878     879 871    
MP3         900   666                
MP3=FULL         899   892                
MP4   897     897                    
B2PLYP         914               895    
Configuration interaction CID   911     916                    
CISD   911     916                    
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   890   891 898 910 891 883       891      
QCISD(T)         895                    
Coupled Cluster CCD       886 894 906 887 878       888      
CCSD(T)         894                    
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-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 928 932 923 923 920 920      
density functional B3LYP 917 919 909 910 909 909      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 877 878     868 868      
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.