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

For NH2NN+ (hydrazoic acid, 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) 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 -0.000646 -0.005453 -0.005454 -0.003591 -0.010251 -0.010581 -0.011145 -0.056366 -0.056665 -0.025879 -0.068137 -0.051657 -0.007054 -0.042381 -0.087995 -0.007796 -0.049761   -0.008096 -0.052013
MP3=FULL         -0.009760   -0.010660       -0.070291 -0.053404 -0.006563 -0.043194            
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000197 -0.001612 -0.001612 -0.001059 -0.003030 -0.003125 -0.003293 -0.016019 -0.016110 -0.007503 -0.019499 -0.014696 -0.002089 -0.012326   -0.002306 -0.014418   -0.002394 -0.015049
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009673           -0.070538   -0.006446 -0.043059   -0.007180 -0.050958     -0.053377
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009560         -0.026028 -0.069832 -0.053201 -0.006359 -0.042683 -0.090519 -0.007079 -0.050576   -0.007363 -0.052971
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009681           -0.070524 -0.053535 -0.006450 -0.043070 -0.091448 -0.007184   -0.092977 -0.007473 -0.053387
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