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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Hydrogen cyanide HCN H2CN+ hydrocyanonium cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C changed by +1
Bond type C#N lost 1
Bond type C=N gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 393
G3 391
G3B3 399
G4 402
CBS-Q 388

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 592 439 439 457 455 462 455 449 454 462   451 461 456 455 458 455 455 455
density functional LSDA 517 400 400 408                              
BLYP 548 433 433 442                              
B1B95 532 424 424 436                              
B3LYP 543 424 424 435 440                 432          
B3LYPultrafine                                      
B3PW91 536 420 420 434                              
mPW1PW91 535 419 419 432                              
M06-2X     397                                
PBEPBE 537 425 425 435                              
PBE1PBE                                      
TPSSh         446                            
wB97X-D     421                           436    
B97D3   437                   445         447    
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 465     349 358                 360          
MP2=FULL 466     349                              
MP3                                      
MP3=FULL                                      
MP4   396                                  
B2PLYP                                      
Configuration interaction CID   404 404 411                              
CISD   413 413 423                              
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   414 414 423                              
QCISD(T)                                      
Coupled Cluster CCD   396 396 402                         386    
CCSD                                      
CCSD(T)                                      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -2968                            
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 462 464 459 454 454 454     454
density functional B3LYP 438   436   427 428      
PBEPBE                  
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 346                
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.