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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
methyl amine CH3NH2 CH3NH3+ protonated methylamine

Bonding changes

Bond type H-N changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G4 856

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 1083 949 949 921 912 921 910 914 918 920   914 919 915 913 907 911 911 911
density functional LSDA               884                 869    
BLYP 1074 953 953 926 908 914 890 901 902 911     904 894          
B1B95 1075 951 951 925 909 942 898 905 907 912     907 901   893 895    
B3LYP 1077 952 952 925 909 915 895 903 906 913   897 907 899 895 888 891 892  
B3LYPultrafine         909                       891    
B3PW91 1079 955 955 929 913 918 902 908 910 916     912 905          
mPW1PW91 1079 954 954 928 912 918 902 908 911 916     911 905          
M06-2X     944                                
PBEPBE 1078 952 952 926 907 913 892 901 903 910     904 896          
PBE1PBE         909                            
TPSSh         916   905     919       908          
wB97X-D     960   916   906   914     908 929 910     904    
B97D3   966     923   909   919   904 911   913     905    
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 1120 962 962 928 909 921 902 907 911 910   904 913 898 892 886 888    
MP2=FULL 1120 962 962 928 910 922 902 907 912 912     914 901     891    
MP3         914                            
MP3=FULL         915   910                        
MP4   966     913       915                    
B2PLYP                           898          
Configuration interaction CID   965 965 934 916     915                      
CISD   966 966 934 915     914                      
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   968 968 935 915 926 909 913 918 916     920 907          
QCISD(T)         914               918     891      
Coupled Cluster CCD   967 967 935 915 927 910 914 918 917     920 908   896 899    
CCSD(T)         914               919 904   892      
CCSD(T)=FULL         914                            
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 919 911 917 911 915 915     913
density functional B3LYP 920 905 914 901 918 918     895
PBEPBE                 892
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 921 903 916 901 917 917     894
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.