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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Ethane C2H6 C2H7+ Ethane, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +2
Bond type C-C lost 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G2 565
G3 567
G3B3 564
G4 565
CBS-Q 564

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 616 579 579   573 586 585 580 593 595   594 591 597 597 593 598 597 598
density functional LSDA   554     574 587 579 562 578 592   577 584 582   581 582    
BLYP 650 604 604 607 606 616 605 592 604 619   603 606 607          
B1B95 612 570 570 575 582 582 590 580 593 602   592 593 597   592 597    
B3LYP 629 586 586 589 590 601 594 582 595 607   594 596 598 598 593 598 598  
B3LYPultrafine         590                       598    
B3PW91 620 575 575 581 587 600 595 583 597 606   597 598 601          
mPW1PW91 615 570 570 577 583 597 591 581 595 603   594 595 599   595 599    
M06-2X 605 556 556 561 569 583 577 568 581 589   580 583 584   582 585    
PBEPBE 632 581 581 588 593 606 597 585 599 612   598 601 602   598 602    
PBE1PBE 614 566 566 572 579 579 588 577 592 600   591 593 596   592 596    
HSEh1PBE 615 567 567 573 580 594   577 592 601   591 593 595   592 596    
TPSSh         608   605     617       611          
wB97X-D     572   585   593   596     596 613 601     601    
B97D3   610     614   617   619   621 618   622     622    
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 643 572 572 570 561 583 578 562 580 583   583 581 580 579 578 579 578  
MP2=FULL 642 572 572 570 560 582 578 560 580 580   582 581 581 578 578 580 578  
MP3         568                            
MP3=FULL         567   585                        
MP4   580     570       590         589          
Configuration interaction CID   574 574 573 566     569                      
CISD   577 577 575 568     570                      
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   578 578 577 569 590 586 571 589 591   592 590 590   587 589    
QCISD(T)         571             594 592 590   588 589    
Coupled Cluster CCD   574 574 572 567 588 585 569 588 589   591 588 588   585 587    
CCSD         569               590 589          
CCSD(T)         571             593 592 590   588 589    
CCSD(T)=FULL         570             593 592 591   588 589    
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 589 589 584 585 580 579     597
density functional B3LYP 605 608 594 597 593 593     597
PBEPBE                 601
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 582 573 579 569 574 574     580
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.