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

For N2H4 (Hydrazine)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000396 -0.003550 -0.003550 -0.002336 -0.006510 -0.007223 -0.007431 -0.037451 -0.038032 -0.017465 -0.044860 -0.034628 -0.004895 -0.028798 -0.059476 -0.005439 -0.033724 -0.060416
MP3=FULL         -0.006148   -0.019179       -0.046161 -0.035786 -0.004538 -0.029126        
MP4=FULL   -0.003335     -0.006134       -0.039069   -0.046395   -0.004488 -0.029178   -0.005025 -0.034465  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000115 -0.001047 -0.001047 -0.000689 -0.001905 -0.002109 -0.002170 -0.010613 -0.010787 -0.005024 -0.012777 -0.009833 -0.001434 -0.008311   -0.001594 -0.009700  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006113           -0.046295   -0.004463 -0.029106   -0.004997 -0.034394  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006053         -0.017559 -0.045924 -0.035668 -0.004416 -0.028894 -0.061154 -0.004939 -0.034166  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006115           -0.046293 -0.035858 -0.004464 -0.029111 -0.061687 -0.004997 -0.034399 -0.062667
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