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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Hydrogen cyanide HCN HCNH+ N-protonated HCN

Bonding changes

Bond type H-N gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 674
G3 675
G3B3 677
G4 677
CBS-Q 674

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 815 732 732 727 712 724 716 707 719 729   719 716 722 722 712 721 722 721
density functional LSDA 779 716 716 710 693 702 689 683 693 709     695 695   686 693    
BLYP 775 724 724 719 704 714 697 695 705 720     704 705          
B1B95 781 731 731 729 712 712 711 706 716 727     713 718   707      
B3LYP 782 726 726 722 706 716 703 698 708 722   705 707 709 708 699 707 708  
B3LYPultrafine         706                       707    
B3PW91 780 727 727 724 709 720 709 703 714 725     712 716          
mPW1PW91 781 727 727 724 709 720 709 703 714 725     712 716   706 714    
M06-2X     720                                
PBEPBE 774 722 722 718 703 714 700 696 707 719     705 707   697 704    
PBE1PBE         706                            
TPSSh                   726                  
wB97X-D     731   712   711   716     715 707 719     718    
B97D3   732     716   713   720   718 716   721     718    
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 802 721 721 707 693 711 699 686 705 709   703 701 702   690 697    
MP2=FULL 802 721 721 707 694 712 700 687 706 712     702 706   691 702 701  
MP3         704                            
MP4   737     699       711         706          
B2PLYP                           705          
Configuration interaction CID   736 736 726 706     700                      
CISD   739 739 728 706     701                      
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   740 740 728 705 723 712 699 717 720     714 714   703      
QCISD(T)         701               711 710          
Coupled Cluster CCD   735 735 724 704 722 711 698 716 720     713 714   703      
CCSD         704               713 714          
CCSD(T)         701               711 710   699      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -2692               712 714   700      
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 733 714 728 709 732 732     721
density functional B3LYP 723 703 715 697 723 723     708
PBEPBE                 706
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 709 690 700 684 706 706     701
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.