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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
hydrogen isocyanide HNC CNH2+ N-protonated hydrogen isocyanide

Bonding changes

Bond type H-N changed by +1
Bond type C#N lost 1
Bond type C=N gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G4 531

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 760 598 598 599 595 607 594 587 595 602   589 600 594 593 594 592 592 593
density functional LSDA 681 538 538 534 536 544 525 517 523 539     535 522   523      
BLYP 709 569 569 566 568 576 553 551   572     565 553          
B1B95 699 560 560 559 566 550 554 548 555 566     561 559     514    
B3LYP 712 570 570 568 570 579 559 554   574   552 568 558 556 557 555 555  
B3LYPultrafine                                 555    
B3PW91 708 568 568 568 569 578 563 556   574     569 562          
mPW1PW91 709 571 568 571 572 581 565 559   575     572 565          
M06-2X     560                                
PBEPBE 700 562 562 560 562 570 551 547   567     560 551   549 547    
PBE1PBE         566                            
TPSSh         572   565     576       564          
wB97X-D     572   574   568   567     562 568 567     565    
B97D3   580     581   572   575   567 567   572     569    
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 701 548 548 543 539 560 543 526 543 542   539 549 535   535 530    
MP2=FULL   548 548 543 538 560 542 526 543 541     549 534   535 529    
MP3         569                            
MP3=FULL         568   574                        
MP4   565                       551          
B2PLYP                           550          
Configuration interaction CID     586 584 575     564                      
CISD     584 582 574     563                      
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   582 582 580 572 593 577 561 577 575     583 569     565    
Coupled Cluster CCD   586 586 583 575 596   563         586            
CCSD         574                 570          
CCSD(T)         568                 563          
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 587 589 590 586 587 588     592
density functional B3LYP 561 567 565 566 555 556     556
PBEPBE                 549
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 534 532 531 530 527 527     532
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.