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

For CH3SO2NH2 (methanesulfonamide)

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 -0.001943 -0.012816 -0.020813 -0.008397 -0.027064 -0.028041 -0.029504 -0.195564 -0.196296 -0.059556 -0.098822 -0.018130 -0.095954 -0.022689 -0.109338
MP3=FULL         -0.025891   -0.028314       -0.100423 -0.016882 -0.095780    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000588 -0.003845 -0.006253 -0.002515 -0.008033 -0.008314 -0.008750 -0.055986 -0.056205   -0.028390 -0.005394 -0.028019 -0.006753 -0.031827
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.026006             -0.016854   -0.021334  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.025610         -0.058349 -0.100148 -0.016565 -0.095257 -0.021008  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.026032           -0.101068 -0.016877   -0.021366  
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