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

For C3H4N2 (1H-Imidazole)

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 -0.001775 -0.008680 -0.008680 -0.006456 -0.021964 -0.022640 -0.023361 -0.094005 -0.094660 -0.042230 -0.085879 -0.012413 -0.075573 -0.014544 -0.088815
MP3=FULL         -0.021428   -0.022849       -0.089454 -0.011627 -0.077489    
MP4=FULL   -0.008296     -0.021499       -0.098349     -0.011605 -0.077831 -0.013719 -0.092122
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000535 -0.002589 -0.002589 -0.001921 -0.006488 -0.006682 -0.006894 -0.026835 -0.027031 -0.012276 -0.024540 -0.003687 -0.021934 -0.004320 -0.025677
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.021434               -0.077715 -0.013639  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.021193         -0.042298 -0.089309 -0.011375 -0.077093 -0.013459  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.021444           -0.089878 -0.011542 -0.077727 -0.013642  
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