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

For NH2CNH+ (cyanamide, cn 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 -0.000903 -0.005246 -0.005246 -0.003709 -0.012525 -0.013140 -0.013560 -0.056716 -0.057221 -0.028190 -0.068649 -0.051922 -0.007576 -0.045492 -0.087822 -0.008731 -0.053007   -0.008996 -0.055482
MP3=FULL         -0.012169   -0.013236       -0.071035 -0.053928 -0.007111 -0.046556         -0.008527 -0.057281
MP4=FULL   -0.004996     -0.012191       -0.059275   -0.071614   -0.007091 -0.046735   -0.008239 -0.054824   -0.009591 -0.057497
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000271 -0.001559 -0.001559 -0.001100 -0.003696 -0.003874 -0.003998 -0.016167 -0.016316 -0.008170 -0.019686 -0.014809 -0.002243 -0.013193   -0.002585 -0.015318   -0.002662 -0.016015
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012170           -0.071485   -0.007060 -0.046691   -0.008204 -0.054776   -0.008466 -0.057446
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012037         -0.028541 -0.070799 -0.053834 -0.006963 -0.046287 -0.090824 -0.008094 -0.054350   -0.008353 -0.057009
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012175           -0.071469 -0.054162 -0.007062 -0.046696 -0.091707 -0.008205 -0.054780 -0.093639 -0.008468 -0.057449
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