Two group increment schemes that convert HF/6-31G(d) and B3LYP/6-31G(d) cal
culated energies of aliphatic amines to estimates of heats of formation hav
e been developed. For the set of 25 compounds used to develop the methods,
root mean square errors for both methods were found to be 0.47 kcal mol(-1)
(1 kcal = 4.184 kJ). Calculations on an additional eight compounds are rep
orted. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.