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

For N2H7+ (ammonia ammonium dimer)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000499 -0.003617 -0.003617 -0.002391 -0.006672 -0.007829 -0.007981 -0.037518 -0.038520 -0.019151 -0.045220 -0.034825 -0.005433   -0.060797 -0.005948 -0.035569 -0.061889
MP3=FULL         -0.006305   -0.007627       -0.046551 -0.035976 -0.005078 -0.031796        
MP4=FULL   -0.003416     -0.006308       -0.039606   -0.046847   -0.005033 -0.031953   -0.005538 -0.036559  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000148 -0.001065 -0.001065 -0.000702 -0.001952 -0.002281 -0.002325 -0.010635 -0.010928 -0.005496 -0.012880 -0.009889 -0.001589 -0.009011   -0.001741 -0.010218  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006293           -0.046736   -0.005011 -0.031875   -0.005515 -0.036479  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL             -0.007588       -0.046808         -0.004384    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006229         -0.019400 -0.046370 -0.035886 -0.004960 -0.031619 -0.062609 -0.005456    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006294           -0.046732 -0.036076 -0.005011 -0.031876 -0.063131 -0.005515 -0.036480 -0.064271
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