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

For NH2+ (Amino 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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000099 -0.001585 -0.001585 -0.000971 -0.002778 -0.003031 -0.003136 -0.018080 -0.018400 -0.007259 -0.021513 -0.016773 -0.002017 -0.013135 -0.028683 -0.002208 -0.015299 -0.029042
MP3=FULL         -0.002683   -0.003042       -0.022246 -0.017463 -0.001920 -0.013361        
MP4=FULL   -0.001542     -0.002665       -0.019012   -0.022307   -0.001900 -0.013378   -0.002089    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000029 -0.000470 -0.000470 -0.000288 -0.000815 -0.000885 -0.000916 -0.005125 -0.005219 -0.002088 -0.006118 -0.004761 -0.000592 -0.003787   -0.000648 -0.004394  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.002654           -0.022268   -0.001887 -0.013338   -0.002075 -0.015648  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.002654           -0.022268         -0.002073 -0.015646 -0.030654
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.002626         -0.007327 -0.022121 -0.017398 -0.001862 -0.013230 -0.029600 -0.002048 -0.015537 -0.029978
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.002654           -0.022268 -0.017476 -0.001886 -0.013338 -0.029808 -0.002075 -0.015649 -0.030190
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