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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
acetonitrile anion CH3CN- CH3CHN methylmethaniminyl radical

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 1481
G3B3 1494
G4 1491

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 1970 1597 1597 1580 1567 1577 1567 1540 1546 1576   1522 1559 1534 1646 1484 1467 1460 1424
ROHF   1617 1617 1598 1593 1599 1564 1562 1567     1542 1581 1556 1648 1484 1467 1460  
density functional LSDA         1636                            
BLYP 1845 1546 1546 1520 1519 1523 1387 1458 1463 1519   1433 1491 1446          
B1B95 1856 1545 1545 1524 1521 1521 1515 1477 1481 1522   1455 1502 1468   1447 1437    
B3LYP 1860 1551 1551 1526 1525 1529 1519 1473 1478 1526   1449 1502 1463 1468 1453 1443 1439  
B3LYPultrafine         1525               1502 1463   1453 1443    
B3PW91 1865 1548 1548 1527 1525 1529 1528 1480 1484 1527   1460 1507 1472          
mPW1PW91 1869 1550 1550 1529 1527 1531 1531 1484 1488 1530   1464 1510 1476   1463 1451    
M06-2X 1856 1531 1635 1513 1506 1510 1503 1463 1468 1507   1441 1489 1452   1444 1436    
PBEPBE 1853 1540 1540 1516 1514 1518 1388 1459 1464 1516   1436 1490 1449   1434 1424    
PBEPBEultrafine         1514               1490 1449   1434 1424    
PBE1PBE 1871 1548 1548 1526 1524 1524 1523 1479 1484 1527   1458 1505 1471   1455 1443    
HSEh1PBE 1871 1549 1549 1526 1524 1528   1479 1484 1527   1457 1505 1470   1454 1443    
TPSSh                   1634                  
wB97X-D     1656   1632   1548   1594     1464 1548 1478     1450    
B97D3   1653     1631   1534   1588   1424 1462   1476     1463    
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 2026 1453 1453 1483 1598 1502 1453 1441 1457 1486   1426 1478 1545 1406 1375 1371 1248  
MP2=FULL 1851 1456 1456 1483 1486 1503 1453 1441 1457 1488   1427 1479 1438 1408 1375 1373 1249  
ROMP2 1879 1644 1644 1493 1491 1508 1478 1445 1461 1490   1431 1482 1435   1400      
MP3         1519                            
MP4   1646     1506       1476     1446 1498     1410 1400    
MP4=FULL   1646     1507       1477       1498 1456   1410 1405    
Configuration interaction CID   1563 1563 1535 1532     1495                      
CISD   1568 1568 1541 1534     1497                      
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   1538 1539 1540 1532 1547 1526 1488 1503 1531   1476 1521 1481   1453      
QCISD(T)         1526             1468 1516 1472   1444 1436    
Coupled Cluster CCD   1507 1507 1524 1522 1538 1510 1481 1497 1521   1470 1514 1475   1434      
CCSD         1533             1478 1523 1483   1453 1404    
CCSD=FULL         1533             1479 1524 1489   1453      
CCSD(T)         1527             1468 1517 1471   1443      
CCSD(T)=FULL         1528             1469 1518 1478   1443 1436    
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 1546 1539 1537 1525 1554 1554     1522
density functional B3LYP 1489 1490 1468 1465 1495 1495     1554
PBEPBE                 1538
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1441 1446 1418 1422 1442 1441     1416
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.