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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Acetaldehyde CH3CHO CH3CHOH+ acetaldehyde, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type C=O lost 1
Bond type C-O gained 1
Bond type H-O gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 728
G3 730
G3B3 732
G4 732
CBS-Q 726

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 956 787 787 778 778 798 789 774 794 802 788 794 797 790 794
density functional LSDA   765 765     774 755   761 778   769 762 756  
BLYP 938 776 776 764 772 786 764 756 773 791 763 779 772 765 768
B1B95 927 773 773 763 771 771 772 760 778 791 771 781 780 773  
B3LYP 935 775 775 764 771 787 769 758 776 791 767 781 776 770 773
B3LYPultrafine   775     771 787 769 758     767 781 777 770 773
B3PW91 933 777 777 767 774 790 776 763 781 795 775 785 784 777 781
mPW1PW91 933 776 776 767 774 790 776 763 782 795 775 785 784 777 781
M06-2X 925 763 763 756 762 777 763 750 768 781 761 773 769 766 766
PBEPBE 937 774 774 763 771 786 767 758 775 791 767 780 776 768 772
PBEPBEultrafine   774     771 786 767 758     767 780 776 768 772
PBE1PBE 934 774 774 764 771 771 773 761 779 792 772 782 781 774 778
HSEh1PBE 934 774 774 764 771 787 772 760 779 792 772 782 781 774 777
TPSSh 932 778 778 768 776 791 776 765 783 795 776 786 784 777 780
wB97X-D 933 780 780 770 777 792 778 766 783 797 778 787 787 780 784
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 937 755 755 736 748 772 755 739 766 770 757 767 763 751 755
MP2=FULL 937 755 755 737 748 772 755 739 766 771 757 768 765 752 758
MP3         763   797       774 782 779    
MP3=FULL   768 768 753 763 786 772 755 782 784 774 782 781 768 775
MP4   762     754       771   762 773 767 756 759
MP4=FULL   762     754       771     774 769 757 762
B2PLYP 937 768 768 754 762 780 763 751 772 783 763 775 771 762 766
B2PLYP=FULL 937 768 768 754 762 781 763 751 772 783 763 775 771 762 766
Configuration interaction CID   772 772 758 767     760              
CISD   774 774 759 767     760              
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   770 770 754 763 785 770 754 780 784 772 781 778 766 624
QCISD(T)         759     750     768 778 773 762 620
QCISD(T)=FULL         759   767         633 775 762 622
Coupled Cluster CCD   765 765 749 761 784 770 753 779 783 771 780 777 766  
CCSD         763         784 772 781 778 767  
CCSD=FULL         762         784 772 781 780 767  
CCSD(T)         759 782   750     768 778 773 762 766
CCSD(T)=FULL         759           768 778 775 763 768
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-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 778 778 776 776 777 777      
density functional B3LYP 765 771 759 764 763 763      
wB97X-D 774 780 768 774 770 770      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 735 745 729 740 732 731      
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.