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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Carbon atom C CH+ Methylidyne cation

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 G2 631
G3 629
G3B3 630
G4 630
CBS-Q 625

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 944 737 737 752 787 793 779 780 785 795     782 784 783 777 782 783 549 782
density functional LSDA 955 738 738 749 766 769 745 747 751 769     753 747   742     570  
BLYP 955 759 759 768 787 791 764 768 771 790     770 767         599  
B1B95 947 753 753 766 787 791 771 774 778 792     776 775 774 767 772 773 597  
B3LYP 947 752 752 762 785 789 766 768 772 789   767 771 770 769 760 767 767 597  
B3LYPultrafine         785                       767      
B3PW91 954 754 754 768 790 794 775 777 781 795     780 779         592  
mPW1PW91 952 754 754 767 790 794 775 778 782 796     780 779         590  
M06-2X     750   786           772                  
PBEPBE 965 761 761 771 789 793 769 773 777 793     776 773 771     769 589  
HSEh1PBE         770                              
TPSSh         795   781     801       785            
wB97X-D     750   790   776   781     777 776 780     777      
B97D3   770     802   783   790   783 784   787     783     616
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 974 757 757 769 788 807 791 775 792 794   793 790 783 780 781 780 778 596  
MP2=FULL 974 757 757 769 788 807 791 775 792 795     790 788 781 781   780 601  
MP3         789                              
MP3=FULL         789   793                          
MP4   766     790       795         765            
B2PLYP                           598            
Configuration interaction CID   763 763 775 782     769                        
CISD   765 765 777 783     770                        
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   760 760 773 774 794 781 762 780 776     776 769         620  
QCISD(T)         770               771 761   761 758   621  
Coupled Cluster CCD   759 759 771 773 793 780 761 779 775     775 768   766 765   620  
CCSD(T)         770               771 761 758 761 758 757 621  
CCSD(T)=FULL         769                   759     759    
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z 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 730 767 740 778 734 735     783
density functional B3LYP 732 757 741 767 735 738     768
PBEPBE                 771
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 748 768 757 778 749 750     782
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.