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

For N3+ (azide cation)

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 -0.000539 -0.005171 -0.005171 -0.003345 -0.009414 -0.009414 -0.010145 -0.055358 -0.055358 -0.023815 -0.050780 -0.006205 -0.038617 -0.085571 -0.006841 -0.045074 -0.086916
MP3=FULL         -0.009186   -0.009912       -0.052685 -0.005886 -0.039822        
MP4=FULL   -0.004888     -0.009061       -0.057087     -0.005782 -0.039568   -0.006406 -0.046651  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000158 -0.001528 -0.001528 -0.000985 -0.002862 -0.002862 -0.003071 -0.015796 -0.015796 -0.006967 -0.014461 -0.001884 -0.011405   -0.002077 -0.013313  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009141             -0.005819 -0.039579   -0.006456 -0.046723  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009123   -0.009845         -0.005799 -0.039515 -0.088950 -0.006432 -0.046179 -0.090342
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009005         -0.024009 -0.052432 -0.005707 -0.039165 -0.088049 -0.006332 -0.046323 -0.089342
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009153           -0.052804 -0.005826 -0.039613 -0.089034 -0.006462 -0.046768 -0.090330
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