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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
3H-pyrrole C4H5N C4H6N+ pyrrole, beta-protonated

Bonding changes

Bond type H-N gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G3B3 914

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-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF     935                
density functional BLYP     930                
B3LYP                     922
M06-2X   947                  
TPSSh     934 928     946     933  
wB97X-D   965 936     934     932 935 932
B97D3 966   943 934   941   934 936 940 936
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2     913   901            
MP3       737              
MP3=FULL     924                
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVTZ 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                 939
density functional B3LYP                 924
PBEPBE                 921
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 907
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.