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

For CH3NHN2+ (methyl azide, 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 -0.001088 -0.007085 -0.007085 -0.004941 -0.015067 -0.015778 -0.016528 -0.074923 -0.075489 -0.034522 -0.068748 -0.009743 -0.058439 -0.011010 -0.069149
MP3=FULL         -0.014548   -0.016019       -0.071333 -0.009126 -0.059835    
MP4=FULL   -0.006697     -0.014493       -0.077951     -0.009016 -0.059713 -0.010256 -0.071275
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000331 -0.002110 -0.002110 -0.001463 -0.004452 -0.004657 -0.004878 -0.021329 -0.021501 -0.010015 -0.019597 -0.002891 -0.016982 -0.003262 -0.020029
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014466             -0.008988 -0.059756 -0.010209 -0.070983
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014308         -0.034754 -0.071115 -0.008865 -0.059258 -0.010095 -0.070745
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014459           -0.071561 -0.008990 -0.059765 -0.010238 -0.067703
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