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

For CH2NH+ (Methanimine 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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000580 -0.003311 -0.003311 -0.002361 -0.007974 -0.008461 -0.008736 -0.036953 -0.037421 -0.015515 -0.044298 -0.034006 -0.004775 -0.029840 -0.057351 -0.005447 -0.034374 -0.058418 -0.005571 -0.035592
MP3=FULL         -0.007785   -0.008559       -0.045923 -0.035470 -0.004516 -0.030580         -0.005308 -0.036736
MP4=FULL   -0.003184     -0.007807       -0.038896   -0.046272   -0.004501 -0.030741   -0.005170 -0.035627   -0.005294  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000179 -0.000991 -0.000991 -0.000706 -0.002347 -0.002487 -0.002567 -0.010532 -0.010672 -0.004481 -0.012680 -0.009701 -0.001413 -0.008611   -0.001611 -0.009892   -0.001647 -0.010232
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007756           -0.046127   -0.004462 -0.030549   -0.005123 -0.035413   -0.005246 -0.036711
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007753   -0.008515       -0.046171   -0.004456 -0.030537   -0.005115 -0.035593 -0.061140 -0.005238  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007650         -0.015402 -0.045657 -0.035360 -0.004384 -0.030254 -0.059278 -0.005036 -0.035095 -0.060550 -0.005157 -0.036389
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007759           -0.046115 -0.035592 -0.004463 -0.030554 -0.059877 -0.005124 -0.035418 -0.076077 -0.005247 -0.036717
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