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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Prismane C6H6 C6H7+ benzene, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type C-C changed by -5
Bond type H-C changed by +1
Bond type C=C gained 2
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 1178
G3 1189
G3B3 1186
G4 1181
CBS-Q 1181

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 1336 1335 1335 1392 1308 1310 1306 1305 1306 1308 1314 1304 1311 1303 1310
density functional BLYP 1351 1315 1315 1363 1298 1299 1283 1290 1289 1295 1294 1280 1292 1275 1290
B1B95 1258 1228 1228 1273 1196 1196 1187 1190 1188 1189 1199 1180 1191 1180 1189
B3LYP 1330 1304 1304 1352 1281 1283 1270 1276 1275 1280 1282 1267 1279 1265 1278
B3LYPultrafine   1304     1281 1283 1270 1276     1282 1267 1279 1265 1278
B3PW91 1296 1259 1259 1308 1234 1235 1225 1229 1228 1231 1237 1220 1232 1221 1230
mPW1PW91 1288 1251 1251 1301 1226 1227 1217 1220 1219 1223 1229 1212 1224 1213 1222
M06-2X 1265 1238 1238 1283 1200 1202 1191 1193 1192 1193 1203 1186 1194 1186 1192
PBEPBE 1301 1247 1247 1298 1226 1227 1213 1217 1216 1221 1224 1208 1218 1206 1215
PBEPBEultrafine   1247     1226 1227 1213 1217     1224 1208 1218 1206 1215
PBE1PBE 1281 1239 1239 1290 1213 1213 1204 1207 1206 1209 1215 1199 1209 1199 1208
HSEh1PBE 1287 1248 1248 1298 1220 1221 1211 1214 1214 1217 1222 1206 1217 1206 1215
TPSSh 1294 1255 1255 1303 1232 1233 1222 1225 1225 1228 1234 1217 1228 1217 1226
wB97X-D 1289 1257 1257 1303 1233 1234 1224 1226 1225 1228 1233 1217 1228 1218 1227
B97D3 1363 1324 1324 1374 1301 1302 1289 1294 1293 1299 1301 1285 1296 1284 1294
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 1383 1306 1306 1349 1227 1237 1225 1203 1207 1198   1212 1200 1201 1194
MP2=FULL 1383 1305 1305 1347 1223 1234 1221 1199 1204 1181   1211 1195 1196 1189
MP3         1241   1243         1232      
MP3=FULL   1291 1291 1336 1238 1249 1240 1220 1224 1203   1232 1222 1219  
MP4   1306     1250       1229     1236 970 1220  
MP4=FULL   1306     1246       1226     1235   1215  
B2PLYP 1349 1309 1309 1357 1269 1273 1261 1257 1258 1259 1270 1255 1259 1250 1256
B2PLYP=FULL 1348 1308 1308 1356 1268 1272 1260 1256 1257 1254 1270 1254 1258 1248  
Configuration interaction CID   1305 1305 1352 1253     1240              
CISD   1306 1306 1354 1255     1241         1246    
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   1297 1297 1344 1246 1256 1245 1226   1225   1235   1223  
QCISD(T)         1250     1227       1238   1223  
QCISD(T)=FULL         1246   1245         983      
Coupled Cluster CCD       1334 1236 1246 1236 1216 1221 1216   1225   1216  
CCSD         1244             1233 968 1222  
CCSD=FULL         1240         1205   1232   962  
CCSD(T)         1249 1259 990 1226 1230 968   1237      
CCSD(T)=FULL         1245             1236      
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 1348 1260 1358 1290 1377 1375      
density functional B3LYP 1295 1236 1312 1261 1320 1320      
wB97X-D 1253 1186 1271 1217 1275 1275      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1291 1168     1312 1311      
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.