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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
formaldehyde anion H2CO- CH3O Methoxy radical

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +1
Bond type C=O lost 1
Bond type C-O gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1  
PM3  
composite G4 1468

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   1686 1686   1635 1638 1567 1614   1638 1563 1586 1626 1598 1558   1442
ROHF                                  
density functional LSDA 1982     1517 1522     1482                  
BLYP   1605   1562 1564 1566 1451 1523           1504      
B3LYP   1615 1615 1570 1570 1573 1471 1536   1572   1499 1554 1517 1457    
B3LYPultrafine                               1388  
B3PW91   1610 1610 1568 1564 1571 1479 1539   1569     1555 1521      
mPW1PW91   1610     1569 1572 1481 1540         1556 1524      
M06-2X     1598   1559                        
PBE1PBE         1569                        
HSEh1PBE   1612     1569   1477             1521      
TPSSh         1577   1487     1579       1531      
wB97X-D     1614   1570   1484   1543     1508 1484 1525   1480  
B97D3   1609     1570   1479   1540   1478 1504   1522   1450  
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   1625 1625 1558 1545 1561 1458 1521   1546   1491 1544 1496 1434    
MP2=FULL   1625     1545 1562 1458 1520         1545        
MP3                                  
MP3=FULL         1581   1505                    
B2PLYP         1566                 1513      
Configuration interaction CID         1589     1567                  
CISD         1589                        
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   1650       1594 1499 1560 1572       1579        
Coupled Cluster CCD         1581     1559                  
CCSD         1582                        
CCSD(T)                                  
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 1608 1605 1598 1594         1584
density functional B3LYP 1538 1542   1524   1536     1500
PBEPBE                 1486
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1518 1506   1490 1516 1515     1477
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.