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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Dewar Benzene C6H6 C6H7+ benzene, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type C-C changed by -1
Bond type H-C changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1  
PM3  
PM6  
composite G2 1025
G3 1031
G3B3 1029
CBS-Q 1030

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 1263 1155 1155 1187 1145 1150 1139 1136 1138 1148 1142 1138 1140 1135 1139
density functional BLYP 1234 1131 1131 1159 1131 1134 1112 1113 1114 1133 1114 1115 1116 1106 1113
B1B95 1193 1091 1091 1118 1084 1084 1073 1072 1073 1084 1078 1071 1075 1068 1074
B3LYP 1229 1129 1129 1156 1126 1129 1111 1111 1112 1128 1114 1112 1115 1106 1113
B3LYPultrafine   1129     1126 1129 1111 1111     1114 1112 1115 1106 1113
B3PW91 1215 1108 1108 1138 1105 1107 1094 1092 1093 1107 1098 1093 1097 1090 1095
mPW1PW91 1213 1105 1105 1135 1101 1104 1090 1089 1090 1103 1095 1089 1093 1087 1092
M06-2X 1196 1088 1088 1113 1076 1079 1065 1063 1064 1075 1070 1064 1066 1061 1065
PBEPBE 1213 1099 1099 1128 1097 1100 1081 1082 1082 1098 1085 1082 1084 1076 1081
PBEPBEultrafine   1099     1097 1100 1081 1082     1085 1082 1084 1076 1081
PBE1PBE 1211 1099 1099 1128 1094 1094 1083 1082 1083 1096 1087 1082 1085 1079 1083
HSEh1PBE 1214 1104 1104 1133 1098 1101 1087 1086 1087 1100 1091 1086 1089 1083 1087
TPSSh 1214 1107 1107 1136 1105 1108 1094 1093 1094 1107 1098 1093 1097 1090 840
wB97X-D 1210 1108 1108 1135 1101 1104 1090 1087 1088 1102 1093 1088 1092 1085 1090
B97D3 1245 1142 1142 1171 1142 1144 1127 1128 1129 1144 1131 1128 1131 1123 1129
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 1236 1096 1096 1115 1070 1082 1065 1048 1055 1065   1062 1055 1051 1049
MP2=FULL 1237 1096 1096 1115 1070 1082 1065 1047 1055 1059   1063 1056 1050 1049
MP3         1084   1082         1079      
MP3=FULL   1094 1094 1115 1083 1096 1082 1065 1073 1076   1079 1077 1068  
MP4                         834    
B2PLYP 1233 1120 1120 1145 1109 1115 1098 1092 1095 1109 1100 1098 1097 1090 838
B2PLYP=FULL 1233 1120 1120 1145 1109 1115 1098 1092 1095 1108 1100 1098 1097 1090  
Configuration interaction CID   1115 1115 1139 1105     1089              
CISD   1116 1116 1141 1105     1090         1100    
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   1090 1090 1113 1083 1095 1080 1064   1082   1077   1067  
QCISD(T)         1082                    
QCISD(T)=FULL                              
Coupled Cluster CCD       1106 1077 1089 1075 1059 1066 1077   1072   1063  
CCSD         1082             1076 815 1066  
CCSD=FULL         1081         1074   1076   1065  
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) 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 1159 1121 1160 1127 1169 1168      
density functional B3LYP 1124 1102 1125 1106 1133 1133      
wB97X-D 1107 1081 1109 1088 1114 1114      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1086 1043     1085 1085      
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.