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

For NH2COOH2+ (Carbamic acid, O-protonated)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000882 -0.007206 -0.007206 -0.004682 -0.014069 -0.014692 -0.015347 -0.075488 -0.076030 -0.033058 -0.068986 -0.009656 -0.058035 -0.011265 -0.066817
MP3=FULL         -0.013423   -0.014716       -0.071188 -0.008971 -0.058745    
MP4=FULL   -0.006802     -0.013495       -0.078097     -0.008951 -0.058900 -0.010552 -0.068313
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000263 -0.002125 -0.002125 -0.001379 -0.004125 -0.004304 -0.004495 -0.021392 -0.021551 -0.009528 -0.019575 -0.002829 -0.016727 -0.003303 -0.019203
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.013446             -0.008908 -0.058836 -0.010499 -0.068252
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.013298         -0.033002 -0.071060 -0.008802 -0.058381 -0.010376 -0.067794
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013448           -0.071432 -0.008910 -0.058849 -0.010501 -0.068266
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ