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

For NH2CH2CN (Aminoacetonitrile)

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 -0.001247 -0.006761 -0.006761 -0.004934 -0.016511 -0.017238 -0.017752 -0.074710 -0.075318 -0.034414 -0.068405 -0.009589 -0.058611 -0.011178 -0.069195
MP3=FULL         -0.016114   -0.017363       -0.071228 -0.008974 -0.060068    
MP4=FULL   -0.006430     -0.016115       -0.078146     -0.008921 -0.060222 -0.010497 -0.071650
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000376 -0.002013 -0.002013 -0.001467 -0.004882 -0.005091 -0.005242 -0.021312 -0.021494 -0.010010 -0.019533 -0.002849 -0.017033 -0.003321 -0.020025
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016080             -0.008872 -0.060167 -0.010442  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.015904         -0.034756 -0.071077 -0.008747 -0.059652 -0.010297 -0.071074
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016088           -0.071516 -0.008876 -0.060175 -0.010445  
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