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

For HNCNH (diiminomethane)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000809 -0.005142 -0.005142 -0.003606 -0.011997 -0.012370 -0.012799 -0.056343 -0.056628 -0.025927 -0.067642 -0.051500 -0.007172 -0.043054 -0.086437 -0.008267 -0.050693 -0.088098 -0.008522 -0.053228
MP3=FULL         -0.011615   -0.022369       -0.069926 -0.053467 -0.006680 -0.043863         -0.008025 -0.054872
MP4=FULL   -0.004897     -0.011597       -0.058606   -0.070479   -0.006647 -0.044002   -0.007736 -0.052213   -0.007987 -0.054958
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000244 -0.001531 -0.001531 -0.001072 -0.003545 -0.003654 -0.003782 -0.016060 -0.016149 -0.007517 -0.019399 -0.014693 -0.002127 -0.012511   -0.002451 -0.014671   -0.002527 -0.015385
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.011586           -0.070354   -0.006617 -0.043962   -0.007700 -0.052199   -0.007952 -0.054939
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011481         -0.026076 -0.069696 -0.053375 -0.006533 -0.043598 -0.089309 -0.007603 -0.051858 -0.091044 -0.007853 -0.054588
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.028308           -0.070339 -0.053689 -0.006619 -0.043969 -0.090163 -0.007702 -0.052211 -0.091907 -0.007954 -0.054951
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ