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

For HN=C=C(CN)2 (Dicyanoketenimine)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002276 -0.011879 -0.011879 -0.008890 -0.030813 -0.030992 -0.032051 -0.131436 -0.131572 -0.061471 -0.156995 -0.119602 -0.016386 -0.102086 -0.019381 -0.120743
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000691 -0.003545 -0.003545 -0.002652 -0.009135 -0.009188 -0.009503 -0.037565 -0.037607 -0.017933 -0.045145 -0.034195 -0.004890 -0.029733 -0.005779 -0.035023
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.030111               -0.015166 -0.104944    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029779         -0.062045   -0.124354 -0.014932 -0.104033    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.030131             -0.125178 -0.015173 -0.104964    
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ