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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Cyclopropanecarbonitrile C4H5N C4H6N+ pyrrole, alpha-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 941
G4 903

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 1122 966 966 984 952 964 957 946 955 966   951 959 958 957 957 957
density functional LSDA 1158 993 993 1004 983 991 974 961 969 994     985 971 974    
BLYP 1122 975 975 985 966 975 954 945 953 976     966 951 952    
B1B95 1112 964 964 975 959 934 949 940 948 966     957 958 957    
B3LYP 1125 976 976 989 967 976 960 950 958 978   952 969 958 959 956  
B3LYPultrafine         967   960             958   956  
B3PW91 1124 979 979 993 970 979 968 957 965 982     974 967 968    
mPW1PW91 1126 985 980 994 975 985 973 963 967 984     980 969 969    
M06-2X     957   934                        
PBEPBE 1126 978 978 988 968 977 960 952 960 980     970 961 960    
PBEPBEultrafine         968                        
PBE1PBE         968                        
HSEh1PBE   978     967   965             964      
TPSSh         969   966     980       966      
wB97X-D     980   971   968   965     961 971 967   965  
B97D3                     968            
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 1052 913 913 914 917 935 706 904 918 933   916 924 923      
MP2=FULL         917 935 921 904 918                
MP3         946   760                    
MP3=FULL         945   952                    
B2PLYP         949                 945      
Configuration interaction CID         947                        
CISD         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   952     726 957 945   941                
Coupled Cluster CCD         936                        
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 991 959 986 950 986 986     957
density functional B3LYP 992 969 989 961 992 992     956
PBEPBE                 959
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 910 912 905 910 905 904     920
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.