return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Home > Ions > Proton Affinity > Calculated Proton affinity OR Calculated > Energy > Ion > Calculated Proton affinity

Calculated Proton Affinity

20 10 26 10 44
Name Species   Species Name
Potassium atom K KH+ Potassium hydrogen cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-K gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G2 903
G3B3 907
CBS-Q 928

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
hartree fock HF 1055 921 923 922 922 923 923 926 926 923   926  
ROHF   921 923 922 923 923 923 926 927     926  
density functional LSDA 900 836 835 831 830 830 830 832 833 831      
BLYP 966 877 879 880 878 878 878 881 881 879   882  
B1B95 992     896     897   899     897  
B3LYP 973 882 885 884 883 883 883 886 886 884   886  
B3LYPultrafine         883                
B3PW91 990 900 901 900 899 899 899 903 903 900   903  
mPW1PW91 996 899 901 900 900 900 900 904 904 900   904  
M06-2X 978 906 908 895 894 894 894 896 896 894      
PBEPBE 976 880 883 883 882 882 882 885 886 883   886  
PBE1PBE 990   892 892 892 892 892 895 896 892   895  
HSEh1PBE 987 890 892 892 892 892   895 896 892   895  
TPSSh         901   902     902      
wB97X-D     924   920   919   924     924 919
B97D3   935     936   936   941   942    
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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2     922 922 912 912 912 904 904 909      
MP2=FULL 1052 921 919 922 912 912 912 904 904 909   922  
ROMP2 1056   923 920 869 869 868 487 487 656   926  
MP3                          
MP3=FULL         910   910            
MP4   921     909       903        
Configuration interaction CID   921 923 922 910     907          
CISD   921 923 922 910     907          
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   921 923 922 909 910 909 904 904 909   926  
QCISD(T)         909             926  
Coupled Cluster CCD   921 923 922 910 910 910 905 905 909   926  
CCSD         909                
CCSD(T)         909             926  
CCSD(T)=FULL         909             922  
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

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 922   925   924 923     927
density functional B3LYP 913   917   887 882     888
PBEPBE                 888
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 922   925            
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.