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

For N2H5+ (protonated hydrazine)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000464 -0.003581 -0.003581 -0.002354 -0.006609 -0.007466 -0.007635 -0.037490 -0.038214 -0.018403 -0.034731 -0.005076 -0.029867 -0.060000 -0.005620 -0.034952 -0.061016
MP3=FULL         -0.006254   -0.007286       -0.035902 -0.004727 -0.030271        
MP4=FULL   -0.003371     -0.006245       -0.039284     -0.004683 -0.030362   -0.005220 -0.035820  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000136 -0.001054 -0.001054 -0.000692 -0.001933 -0.002178 -0.002228 -0.010624 -0.010838 -0.005287 -0.009863 -0.001486 -0.008606   -0.001647 -0.010036  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006225             -0.004657 -0.030289   -0.005193 -0.035741  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006161         -0.018563 -0.035790 -0.004604 -0.030052 -0.061743 -0.005131 -0.035494 -0.062964
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006226           -0.035983 -0.004658 -0.030292 -0.062281 -0.005194 -0.035745 -0.063346
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ