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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Oct 17;130(45):15002–15021. doi: 10.1021/ja803112w

Table 2.

Free energies at 298 kelvin in eV obtained at four levels of theory and referenced to the ADF fragment. Data that was used in the calculation of reaction free energies.

Exchange correlation potential
Species PW91 OPBE B3LYP B3LYP*
G298 in eV referenced to ADF fragments
e (pH 7)a −4.36 −4.36 −4.36 −4.36
e (pH 7, cyt.
c2+)a
−4.56 −4.56 −4.56 −4.56
H+gas(corr)b 12.5672 12.5664 12.1597 12.2908
H+aq (pH 7) 0.5080 0.5074 0.1007 0.2318
H+aq (pH 3) 0.7440 0.7434 0.3367 0.4678
AZPVEb 0.288 0.284 0.288 0.285
H+aq (pH 7)
−Δ ZPVE
0.2200 0.2234 −0.1873 −0.0532
H+aq (pH 3)
−Δ ZPVE
0.456 0.4594 0.0487 0.1828
H2 at 1 atm
gas
−6.8758 −6.8791 −7.6926 −7.4304
O2 at 1 atm
gas
−10.1190 −10.4793 −11.8255 −10.9137
1 M O2 in
water
−9.9450 −10.3065 −11.6535 −10.7417
H2O at 1 atm
gas
−14.0886 −14.1346 −15.6997 −14.9567
Liquid
H2Op
−14.7361 −14.7943 −16.3640 −15.6212
Liquid
H2Os
−14.7361 −14.7943 −16.3640 −15.6212
H2O2 at
1 atm gas
−17.9326 −17.8934 −20.5087 −19.3356
a

Experimental

b

See Appendix A

p

Signifies “passive” water, not formed from O2. See Footnote s.

s

Signifies water formed from O2, where G(H2Os) = G(H2Op).