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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
hydrogen isocyanide HNC HCNH+ N-protonated HCN

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G4 737

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 894 767 767 761 762 768 754 754 762 770   760 760 763 763 753 762 762 762
density functional LSDA 889 782 782 776 762 767 745 748 755 766     758 753   743      
BLYP 879 793 793 786 776 781 756 762   780     769 767          
B1B95 878 785 785 782 777 762 759 762 768 777     767 774          
B3LYP 882 789 789 782 774 779 757 761   779   763 768 767 766 754 764 764  
B3LYPultrafine                                 764    
B3PW91 883 788 788 785 776 781 764 766   782     772 773          
mPW1PW91 883 788 786 785 777 782 765 767   781     773 775          
M06-2X     774                                
PBEPBE 883 790 790 786 775 780 759 764   780     770 769   757 765    
PBE1PBE         773                            
TPSSh                   786                  
wB97X-D     786   774   762   771     769 762 773     771    
B97D3   794     784   769   780   776 775   779     776    
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 962 812 812 803 780 794 774 769 783 785   782 781 776   764 771    
MP2=FULL   812 812 803 781 796 776 770 784 789     782 782   765 778    
MP3         773                            
MP4   806                       771          
B2PLYP                           769          
Configuration interaction CID     808 798 773     763                      
CISD     807 797 773     763                      
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   813 813 803 775 790 772 764 779 781     777 773          
Coupled Cluster CCD   815 815 805 775 790   764         777            
CCSD         775                 773          
CCSD(T)         775                 771          
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ 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 751 750 751 754 755 755     762
density functional B3LYP 760 751 758 754 771 771     765
PBEPBE                 766
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 783 762 782 763 791 790     775
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.