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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Ethylene oxide C2H4O CH3CHOH+ acetaldehyde, protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type C-O changed by -1
Bond type H-O gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 850
G3 852
G3B3 852
G4 851
CBS-Q 847

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 1007 934 934 937 912 931 924 914 932 935 926 934 931 927 928
density functional BLYP 999 915 915 904 894 908 888 888 903 911 893 906 898 886 890
B1B95 973 899 899 893 873 873 876 871 888 891 881 889 883 876  
B3LYP 991 914 914 905 891 907 890 887 903 910 895 905 899 890 893
B3LYPultrafine   914     891 907 890 888     895 905 899 890 893
B3PW91 985 908 908 901 884 900 886 881 898 902 891 899 894 887 889
mPW1PW91 982 906 906 900 882 898 885 879 896 901 890 897 893 885 888
M06-2X 968 885 885 884 862 878 866 858 874 880 868 878 870 868 866
PBEPBE 990 902 902 894 879 894 877 874 890 896 882 892 885 875 878
PBEPBEultrafine   902     879 894 877 874     882 892 885 875 878
PBE1PBE 982 902 902 896 877 877 880 875 892 896 885 893 888 881 883
HSEh1PBE 982 904 904 897 879 895 881 876 893 897 886 894 889 882 884
TPSSh 980 897 897 891 876 891 877 874 890 894 883 891 885 878 880
wB97X-D 987 916 916 908 890 905 892 887 903 908 897 904 901 893 897
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 1038 909 909 892 867 890 873 865 890 883 881 895 876 870 866
MP2=FULL 1038 909 909 892 867 890 873 865 890 884 880 895 877 870 868
MP3         878   888       894 906 892    
MP3=FULL   909 909 897 878 901 888 877 902 898 894 906 893 886 886
MP4   913     878       900   889 906 886 879 875
MP4=FULL   913     878       900     907 887 879 877
B2PLYP 1009 912 912 902 884 902 886 881 900 902 891 903 892 884 885
B2PLYP=FULL 1009 912 912 902 884 902 886 881 900 902 891 903 893 884 886
Configuration interaction CID   916 916 907 886     885              
CISD   919 919 910 887     887              
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   918 918 906 885 907 892 884 907 902 898 912 897 890 888
QCISD(T)         881     879     893 909 891 884 881
QCISD(T)=FULL         880   887         909 892 884 882
Coupled Cluster CCD   910 910 897 879 901 887 878 902 898 893 906 893 887  
CCSD         883         901 897 910 896 889  
CCSD=FULL         883         902 896 911 896 889  
CCSD(T)         880 903   878     893 908 890 884 881
CCSD(T)=FULL         880           893 909 891 884 882
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 924 903 924 909 931 931      
density functional B3LYP 890 882 889 884 899 899      
wB97X-D 896 882 896 886 902 902      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 875 855 871 857 882 882      
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.