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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Benzene C6H6 C6H7+ benzene, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +1
Bond type C:C lost 6
Bond type C-C gained 4
Bond type C=C gained 2
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets

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 947 767 767 774 789 794 780 781 784 799 781 783 784 783 783
density functional BLYP 916 781 781 783 788 792 770 769 771 790 765 773 768 765 765
B1B95 894 760 760 764 770 770 759 757 759 774 757 759 759 757 757
B3LYP 910 771 771 775 781 785 766 764 766 784 762 768 764 762 762
B3LYPultrafine   771     781 785 766 764     762 768 764 762 762
B3PW91 905 767 767 772 778 781 767 764 766 782 764 768 766 765 765
mPW1PW91 904 765 765 770 776 779 765 762 765 780 762 766 764 763 763
M06-2X 891 743 743 745 749 753 739 737 740 753 738 740 738 738 737
PBEPBE 906 771 771 774 778 782 764 762 764 781 760 766 762 760 760
PBEPBEultrafine   771     778 782 764 762     760 766 762 760 760
PBE1PBE 903 761 761 766 771 771 761 759 761 776 758 762 760 759 759
HSEh1PBE 904 762 762 766 772 776 761 759 761 777 758 762 760 759 759
TPSSh 907 772 772 778 784 788 773 771 773 788 770 774 772 771 770
wB97X-D 910 768 768 773 779 783 768 765 767 784 766 769 769 767 767
B97D3 919 789 789 793 798 802 784 783 785 801 781 786 784 781 781
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 929 743 743 742 739 752 730 721 731 740   733 724 720 718
MP2=FULL 929 743 743 742 738 752 730 721 731 743   733 724 720 720
MP3         761   791                
MP3=FULL         760   755                
B2PLYP 920 762 762 765 769 776 756 753 757 772 493 759 753 751 750
B2PLYP=FULL 920 762 762 765 769 775 756 752 757 773 493 759 753 751  
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   756       776 758                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)         761                    
CCSD(T)=FULL         760             758      
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 775 792 771 784 764 764      
density functional B3LYP 778 786 768 774 767 767      
wB97X-D 781 790 773 779 768 768      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 742 742     729 729      
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.