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

For C3H4N2 (4H-Imidazole)

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 -0.001702 -0.008532 -0.008532 -0.006334 -0.021489 -0.022178 -0.022940 -0.093478 -0.094087 -0.042079 -0.085525 -0.012085 -0.074313 -0.141929 -0.014345   -0.143645
MP3=FULL         -0.020986   -0.035405       -0.089127 -0.011314 -0.076173        
MP4=FULL   -0.008141     0.014172       -0.093818     -0.018030 -0.076443   -0.013520    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000514 -0.002544 -0.002544 -0.001885 -0.006352 -0.006549 -0.006774 -0.026682 -0.026865 -0.012232 -0.024440 -0.003593 -0.021572   -0.004264 -0.025402  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.020966             -0.011207 -0.076327   -0.013381    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.020725         -0.042206 -0.088944 -0.011041 -0.075702   -0.013251 -0.090317  
CCSD(T)=FULL         3.204480           -0.089521 -0.011210 -0.076341   0.026773 -0.090394  
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