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

For CH3NH2 (methyl amine)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000663 -0.003404 -0.003404 -0.002466 -0.007908 -0.008805 -0.009009 -0.037152 -0.037880 -0.016621 -0.044507 -0.034322 -0.005205 -0.030632 -0.058236 -0.005862 -0.035507 -0.059303 -0.030632 -0.030458 -0.005976 -0.036521
MP3=FULL         -0.007692   -0.016665         -0.035740 -0.004895 -0.031352                
MP4=FULL   -0.003237     -0.007707       -0.039292       -0.004861 -0.031517   -0.005513 -0.036807          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000198 -0.001011 -0.001011 -0.000732 -0.002331 -0.002587 -0.002647 -0.010583 -0.010801 -0.004813 -0.012747 -0.009794 -0.001539 -0.008866   -0.001734 -0.010247       -0.001768 -0.010534
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007690           -0.046350   -0.004836 -0.031453   -0.005485 -0.036740       -0.005599 -0.037827
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007692   -0.008774           -0.004831 -0.031453   -0.005480            
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007610         -0.016713 -0.045948 -0.035675 -0.004776 -0.031194 -0.060343 -0.005417 -0.036454       -0.005530 -0.037533
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007692           -0.046345 -0.035876 -0.004836 -0.031455 -0.060881 -0.005486 -0.036742 -0.062012     -0.005599 -0.037829
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ