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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Hydrogen cyanide anion HCN- H2CN Dihydrogen cyanide radical

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G4 1491

Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF     1663           1612       1452
density functional BLYP     1605                    
B3LYP                 1543        
B3LYPultrafine                       1480  
M06-2X   1625                      
PBE1PBE     1612                    
TPSSh     1616 1542     1618       1571    
wB97X-D   1643 1615 1540   1583     1554 1540 1571 1445  
B97D3 1644   1618 1537   1584   1575 1553   1571 1455  
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2     1538   1497       1523        
MP3       1646                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD     1597                    
CCSD(T)=FULL     1616                    
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ 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                 1611
density functional B3LYP                 1545
PBEPBE                 1532
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 1513
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.