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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Hydrogen cyanide anion HCN- CNH2 Aminomethylidyne radical

Bonding changes

Bond type H-C lost 1
Bond type C=N lost 1
Bond type C-N gained 1
Bond type H-N gained 2
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G4 1359

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     1511           1478       1320
density functional BLYP     1456                    
B3LYP                 1416        
B3LYPultrafine                       1354  
M06-2X   1512                      
PBE1PBE     1467                    
TPSSh     1466 1410     1481       1439    
wB97X-D   1527 1474 1418   1461     1431 1418 1448 1323  
B97D3 1522   1474 1411   1459   1450 1427   1445 1331  
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     1419   1391       1420        
MP3       1537                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD     1446                    
CCSD(T)=FULL     1461                    
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                 1480
density functional B3LYP                 1419
PBEPBE                 1406
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 1415
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.