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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Hydrogen chloride HCl H2Cl+ dihydrogen monochloride cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-Cl changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1  
PM3  
PM6  
composite G2 531
G3 530
G3B3 532
G3MP2 531
G4 536
CBS-Q 526

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 cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 567 452 509 461 518 534 534 522 540 545 551 542 542 550 552 538 550 552 547 553 543 553 550
density functional LSDA 588 861 519 486 525 536 532 519 533 545 543 537 544 543 544 535 542 544 547 546 543 546  
BLYP 597 501 539 505 544 555 548 535 548 563 558 554 561 560   549 557   564 562 560 562  
B1B95 575   529 493 537 562 546 535 549 558 559 553 555 559 560 548 558 559 559 561 555 562  
B3LYP 585 488 530 494 536 549 544 531 546 557 556 550 555 556 557 546 554 556 559 559 554 559  
B3LYPultrafine   488     536 548 544 531   557 556 550 555 556   546 554   559 559 554 559  
B3PW91 583 489 531 497 540 552 550 539 553 562 563 556 558 563   553 562   562 565 558 566  
mPW1PW91 580 486 530 494 538 551 549 537 552 560 562 555 557 562   551 560   561 564 557 564  
M06-2X 570 471 518 478 524 536 534 523 536 545   539 543 546   536 545   548 548 544 548  
PBEPBE 594 498 536 504 543 554 550 538 552 563 561 557 561 563 563 552 560 562 565 565 560 565  
PBEPBEultrafine   498     542 554 550 537   563 561 557 561 562   552 560   565 564 560 565  
PBE1PBE 581   527 491 535 535 546 534 549 558 559 553 555 559   549 558   559 562 555 562  
HSEh1PBE 581 484 527 491 535 548 546 534 549 558 559 552 555 559   549 557   559 561 555 561  
TPSSh 585 491 534 499 542 554 552 541 555 564 565 558 561 565 566 555 563 565   567      
wB97X-D 579 486 530 495 539 551 549 539 553 561 563 556 495 563 563 551 562 563   565      
B97D3 589 508 548 516 555 567 562 550 564 575 573 568 572 574 574 564 572 573   576      
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 cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 596 474 522 480 529 555 554 530 562 545 549 560 558 554 551 542 550 549 563 556 559 556  
MP2=FULL 596 474 522 480 529 556 555 531 563 546 550 561 560 557 553 544 555 552 564 559 560 556  
MP3         535   556       554 567 566 560         571 561 567 562  
MP3=FULL         535   562                         564      
MP4   481     537       572   555 570 569 561   552 556   574 563 570 563  
MP4=FULL   481     537       573   557   570 564   553 561   575 566 571 563  
B2PLYP 586 480 526 486 532 549 546 529 550 552 552 552 554 554   543 551   559 556 555 557  
B2PLYP=FULL 586 480 526 486 532 549 546 530 550 552 552 552 555 555   543 553     557      
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine 586 480 526 486   549 546 530 550 552 552 552       543       557      
Configuration interaction CID   479 528 486 535     538     556   565 561         570 563 566 563  
CISD   465 529 487 536     538     557   566 561         571 563 567 563  
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 cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   482 531 489 537 564 563 540 571 553 557 570 568 562   552 558   573 564 569 564  
QCISD(T)         538     541     556 571 570 562   553 557   575 564 571 564  
QCISD(T)=FULL         539   565       558   572 565 559 555 562 558   567      
QCISD(TQ)         539   565       556   571 562 557 553 558 555          
Coupled Cluster CCD   481 530 487 537 563 563 539 571 552 556 569 567 561   552 558   572 563 568 563  
CCSD         537         553 557 570 568 562 558 552 558 556 573 564 569 564  
CCSD=FULL         538         554 559 571 569 565 560 554 563 559 574 567 570 564  
CCSD(T)         538 565 564 541 573 553 556 571 570 562 557 553 557 555 575 564 571 564  
CCSD(T)=FULL         539           558 573 572 565 559 555 562 558 576 567 572 564  
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 cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ 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 461 524 471 529 455 463     553
density functional BLYP                 563
B1B95                 562
B3LYP 490 539 499 543 487 495     560
B3LYPultrafine                 560
B3PW91                 566
mPW1PW91                 565
M06-2X                 549
PBEPBE                 565
PBEPBEultrafine                 565
PBE1PBE                 562
HSEh1PBE                 562
TPSSh                 567
wB97X-D 492 543 501 548 484 491     566
B97D3                 577
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 483 530 491 533 482 486     557
MP2=FULL                 557
B2PLYP                 557
B2PLYP=FULL                 557
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine                 557
Configuration interaction CID                 563
CISD                 564
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                 564
QCISD(T)                 564
QCISD(T)=FULL                 565
Coupled Cluster CCD                 564
CCSD                 564
CCSD=FULL                 565
CCSD(T)                 564
CCSD(T)=FULL                 565
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.