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

For CHSNH2 (thioformamide)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001150 -0.008661 -0.016495 -0.005690 -0.019163 -0.019699 -0.020572 -0.157885 -0.158374 -0.038714 -0.211647 -0.062820 -0.011838 -0.065230 -0.013753 -0.073121
MP3=FULL         -0.018068   -0.019465       -0.209834 -0.063266 -0.010740 -0.064368    
MP4=FULL   -0.008193     -0.018356       -0.159188   -0.212033   -0.010947 -0.065482 -0.012872 -0.073781
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000359 -0.002631 -0.004992 -0.001723 -0.005740 -0.005893 -0.006155 -0.045387 -0.045532 -0.011459 -0.061144 -0.018243 -0.003575 -0.019250 -0.004148 -0.021496
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.018247           -0.211587   -0.010861 -0.065246 -0.012758 -0.073517
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.017893         -0.036677   -0.063168 -0.010579 -0.064152   -0.072380
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.018244           -0.211552 -0.063928     -0.012748  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ