Proton affinities of 29 simple organic molecules calculated with the G3 met
hod agree well with experimental results from the literature as well as wit
h results obtained with the G3(MP2) and CBS-Q methods. The choice of empiri
cal correction in the G3 method introduces a small systematic error on eith
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