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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Cyclopropanecarbonitrile C4H5N C4H6N+ pyrrole, beta-protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type C-C changed by -2
Bond type C#N lost 1
Bond type C-N gained 1
Bond type C=N gained 1
Bond type C=C gained 1
Bond type H-N gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G3B3 922
G4 887

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
hartree fock HF 1098 941 941 954 923 935 928 917 926 937   924 931 930 930 929
density functional LSDA 1140 980 980 986 965 975 958 944 953 978     970 956 959  
BLYP 1099 957 957 963 943 953 933 924 932 954     946 931 931  
B1B95 1091 946 946 954 938 913 929 919 928 945     937 938 937  
B3LYP 1102 957 957 966 943 954 938 927 936 955   931 948 936 937 934
B3LYPultrafine         943   938             936   934
B3PW91 1102 961 961 971 948 958 946 935 945 961     954 947 948  
mPW1PW91 1104 967 962 972 953 964 951 941 946 962     959 948 948  
M06-2X     941   915                      
PBEPBE 1105 962 962 968 948 958 941 933 942 960     952 942 942  
PBEPBEultrafine         948                      
PBE1PBE         946                      
HSEh1PBE   960     945   943             944    
TPSSh         945   943     958       944    
wB97X-D     962   949       944     940   946   944
B97D3   971     956   951   952   946 947   951   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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1041 900 900 898 900 917 687 887 901 915   899 908 905    
MP2=FULL         900 917 903 887 901              
MP3         929   742                  
MP3=FULL         929   934                  
B2PLYP         926                 924    
Configuration interaction CID         925                      
CISD         925                      
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   939     708 939 926   923              
Coupled Cluster CCD         920                      
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

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 960 929 957 921 957 956     929
density functional B3LYP 969 946 966 937 971 971     935
PBEPBE                 940
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 894 895 889 892 890 890     902
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.