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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Methyl chloride CH3Cl CH3ClH+ methyl chloride, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type H-Cl gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 622
G3 621
G3B3 621
G4 623
CBS-Q 616

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
hartree fock HF 683 583 612 586 614 631 632 619 639 645 650 642 640 650 651 641 650 651
density functional BLYP 701 608 633 608 634 646 637 622 638 656 649 643 648 651   641 649  
B1B95 674 617 617 589 621 621   618 634 647 647 638 638 647   637 646  
B3LYP 688 595 623 596 625 638 633 618 635 650 646 639 642 647 648 637 646 647
B3LYPultrafine   595     625 638 633 618   650 646 639 642 647   637 646  
B3PW91 681 590 620 593 625 638 635 622 639 650 651 642 642 651   642 650  
mPW1PW91 679 587 617 590 622 636 633 620 638 649 650 640 641 649   640 649  
M06-2X 668 570 603 573 608 621 618 605 621 633   624 626 633   625 633  
PBEPBE 691 596 623 598 626 639 633 619 636 651 647 640 643 648   639 647  
PBEPBEultrafine   596     626 639 633 619   651 647 640 643 648   639 647  
PBE1PBE 678 614 614 586 619 619 630 616 634 646 646 637 638 646   637 645  
HSEh1PBE 679 584 615 587 619 633 630 616 634 646 646 637 638 646   637 645  
TPSSh 687 597 626 600 630 643 640 628 644 655 655 647 648 655 656 647 654 656
wB97X-D   589 620 592 625 638 636 623 639 651 652 642 642 652 653 641 651 652
B97D3 695 617 643 619 646 658 652 639 655 669 666 659 661 667 667 657 665 666
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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 701 579 612 578 609 636 635 608 643 630 633 643 639 639 636 629 635 634
MP2=FULL 701 579 612 578 609 637 636 608 644 631 634 643 640 641 637 630 639 636
MP3         618   652       642 653 649 648        
MP3=FULL   586 620 586 618 646 645 619 654 640 643 653 650 650   640 648  
MP4   588     619       654   641 654 651 648   640 643  
MP4=FULL   588     619       655   642   652 650   641 647  
B2PLYP 690 588 618 588 618 636 632 613 636 642 641 639 640 643   633 641  
B2PLYP=FULL 690 588 618 588 618 636 632 614 637 642 641 639 640 644   634 642  
Configuration interaction CID   586 619 586 618     619     645   648 649        
CISD   588 620 588 618     619     645   648 650        
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   591 622 591 620 647 646 621 655 641 644 655 652 650   642 647  
QCISD(T)         621     621     642 655 653 649   642 645  
QCISD(T)=FULL         621   648       644   654 652 646 643 649  
Coupled Cluster CCD   587 620 587 619 646 645 620 654 640 643 654 650 649   641 646  
CCSD         620 647 646 621 655 641 644 655 652 650   642 647  
CCSD=FULL         620         642 645 655 652 652   643 650  
CCSD(T)         621 648 647 621 656 641 642 655 653 649 644 642 645 643
CCSD(T)=FULL         621           644 656 654 652 646 643 649  
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

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 590 625 592 626 589 593     652
density functional BLYP                 653
B1B95                 649
B3LYP 600 635 601 634 594 599     649
B3LYPultrafine                 649
B3PW91                 653
mPW1PW91                 652
M06-2X                 635
PBEPBE                 651
PBEPBEultrafine                 651
PBE1PBE                 649
HSEh1PBE                 648
TPSSh                 657
wB97X-D   636   636   592     654
B97D3                 669
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 585 615 587 614 583 586     641
MP2=FULL                 641
MP3                 650
MP3=FULL                 651
MP4                 650
MP4=FULL                 650
B2PLYP                 645
B2PLYP=FULL                 646
Configuration interaction CID                 652
CISD                 652
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                 652
QCISD(T)                 651
QCISD(T)=FULL                 652
Coupled Cluster CCD                 651
CCSD                 652
CCSD=FULL                 653
CCSD(T)                 651
CCSD(T)=FULL                 652
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.