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

For CHNCH2 (2H-Azirine)

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 -0.001068 -0.005012 -0.005012 -0.003744 -0.012752 -0.013277 -0.013689 -0.055706 -0.056185 -0.023040 -0.066203 -0.051014 -0.007135 -0.044117 -0.008270 -0.051946
MP3=FULL         -0.012494   -0.013443       -0.068752 -0.053236 -0.006701 -0.045374    
MP4=FULL   -0.004758     -0.012504       -0.058446   -0.069320   -0.006656 -0.045492 -0.007782 -0.053949
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000323 -0.001497 -0.001497 -0.001116 -0.003778 -0.003927 -0.004049 -0.015916 -0.016060 -0.006726 -0.019035 -0.014588 -0.002128 -0.012841 -0.002466 -0.015065
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012475           -0.069201   -0.006621 -0.045456 -0.007743 -0.053920
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012334         -0.023058   -0.053125 -0.006525 -0.045085 -0.007637 -0.053543
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012483           -0.069189 -0.053475 -0.006623 -0.045463 -0.007746 -0.053927
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