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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Hydroxymethylidyne COH H2CO+ formaldehyde cation

Bonding changes

Bond type C-O lost 1
Bond type H-O lost 1
Bond type C=O gained 1
Bond type H-C gained 2
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 769
G3 770
G3B3 773
G4 776
CBS-Q 767

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-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 1033 801 801 811 832 826 813 830 822 829 819 821 824 822 820 812 819 819 813 819
ROHF   792 792 802 825 819 811 823 814   812 813 816 814 813 805 811 812 805 812
density functional BLYP 1008 825 825 832 836 832 806 822 818 831 808 811 820 814   798 807   798 807
B1B95 1008 821 821 832 837 846 812 830 823 832 809 813 825 820   809 816     809
B3LYP 1008 819 819 825 831 826 803 820 814 826 806 809 817 811 809 797 806 807 798 806
B3LYPultrafine   819     831 826 803 820   826 806 809 817 811   797 806   798 806
B3PW91 1015 817 817 828 833 828 810 827 820 829 814 817 823 818   807 814   808 814
mPW1PW91 1014 815 815 826 832 827 808 826 819 828 813 816 822 816   806 812   806 812
M06-2X 997 790 790 801 809 804 784 800 793 803 786 789 797 788   780 784   780 784
PBEPBE 1019 824 824 835 837 833 810 827 822 833 813 816 825 817   806 811   806 811
PBEPBEultrafine   824     837 833 810 827   833 813 816 825 817   806 811   806 811
PBE1PBE 1018 814 814 825 831 831 806 824 818 826 811 814 820 814   804 809   804 809
HSEh1PBE 1017 814 814 824 830 825 806 824 817 826 810 813 820 813   803 809   804 809
TPSSh 1018 819 819 834 842 837 819 835 830 839 824 825 833 827 824 817 822 823 817 822
wB97X-D 1014 815 815 824 830 825 806 825 818 826 813 817 802 818 816 805 814 814 806 815
B97D3 1014 826 826 839 844 839 818 835 829 840 822 824 832 826 824 814 820 821 814 820
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-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1056 801 801 795 793 800 778 792 789 791 772 789 793 778 772 766 769 732 766 769
MP2=FULL 1057 801 801 795 794 802 780 792 790 794 774 790 795 786 775 768 777 772 767 775
ROMP2 1065 800 800 794 791 798 777 790 787 789 770 787 791 776   764     764 767
MP3         808   790       792 808 811 797         786 789
MP3=FULL   816 816 812 809 818 799 808 808 811 794 809 812 806   787 797   787 796
MP4   814     811       806   788 807 811 794   782 785   782 785
MP4=FULL   814     812       807   791   812 803   784 794   783 792
B2PLYP 1028 816 816 818 824 822 800 817 811 819 800 808 814 805   792 799   792 799
B2PLYP=FULL 1028 816 816 818 824 823 800 817 812 820 801 808 814 807   792 801   793 801
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine 1028 816 816 818 824 823 800 817 812 820 801 808 814 807   792 801   793 801
Configuration interaction CID   812 812 809 810     808     795   810 762         788 755
CISD   822 822 821 819     817     802   818 806         796 800
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-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   832 832 829 825 832 811 822 821 822 806 823 825 774   800 804   799 803
QCISD(T)         826     822     803 822 825     797 800   797 800
QCISD(T)=FULL         827   813       807   826 818 807 799 809 804 799 807
QCISD(TQ)         827   812       805   826 810 768 799 766   799 802
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         828   814       808   828 820   801 774   800  
Coupled Cluster CCD   813 813 807 805 813 794 804 803 804 789 805 807 793   782 786   782 786
CCSD         822 829 809 820 819 820 804 821 823 809 804 798 801   798 801
CCSD=FULL         824         824 807 822 824 818 808 799 810   799 808
CCSD(T)         825 832 811 822 820 820 803 821 825 808 802 797 799 763 797 799
CCSD(T)=FULL         826           806 822 826 817 806 798 808 803 798  
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-pVDZ 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 798 823 800 824 800 800     820
ROHF                 812
density functional BLYP                 810
B1B95                 811
B3LYP 786 802 789 803 801 803     808
B3LYPultrafine                 808
B3PW91                 816
mPW1PW91                 814
M06-2X                 788
PBEPBE                 814
PBEPBEultrafine                 814
PBE1PBE                 811
HSEh1PBE                 811
TPSSh                 824
wB97X-D 803 816 806 817 810 811     815
B97D3                 823
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 764 772 767 775 769 768     775
MP2=FULL                 778
ROMP2                 773
MP3                 794
MP3=FULL                 797
MP4=FULL                 794
B2PLYP                 802
B2PLYP=FULL                 803
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine                 803
Configuration interaction CID                 797
CISD                 804
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                 809
QCISD(T)                 806
QCISD(T)=FULL                 809
QCISD(TQ)                 807
QCISD(TQ)=FULL                 810
Coupled Cluster CCD                 791
CCSD                 806
CCSD=FULL                 809
CCSD(T)                 805
CCSD(T)=FULL                 808
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.