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Energy differences between frozen core and all electrons correlated.
MP2, MP3, MP4, B2PLYP, CCSD, and CCSD(T)

For HCONHCH3 (N-methylformamide)

Energies in Hartree
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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001174 -0.006954 -0.006954 -0.004917 -0.015867 -0.016738 -0.017356 -0.074803 -0.076124 -0.032688 -0.068608 -0.009947 -0.059615 -0.011548 -0.069182
MP3=FULL         -0.015391   -0.016910       -0.071256 -0.009326 -0.060698    
MP4=FULL   -0.006621     -0.015445       -0.078224     -0.009294 -0.061077 -0.010887 -0.071363
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000356 -0.002064 -0.002064 -0.001456 -0.004674 -0.004927 -0.005106 -0.021285 -0.021516 -0.009528 -0.019543 -0.002938 -0.017244 -0.003410 -0.019947
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.015396             -0.009244 -0.061019 -0.010829 -0.071310
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.015242         -0.032968 -0.071139 -0.009131 -0.060557 -0.010697 -0.070865
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.015422           -0.071544 -0.009253 -0.061239 -0.010835 -0.070121
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ