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

For NH3+ (ammonia cation)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000175 -0.001713 -0.001713 -0.001092 -0.003037 -0.003509 -0.003555 -0.018413 -0.018886 -0.008153 -0.017086 -0.002414 -0.014820 -0.029691 -0.002626 -0.016855 -0.030048 -0.014820
MP3=FULL         -0.002905   -0.003999       -0.017730 -0.002281 -0.015099          
MP4=FULL   -0.001636     -0.002894       -0.019472     -0.002260 -0.015150   -0.002469 -0.017329    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000052 -0.000505 -0.000505 -0.000321 -0.000889 -0.001023 -0.001036 -0.005218 -0.005357 -0.002344 -0.004850 -0.000706 -0.004267   -0.000768 -0.004838    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.002887             -0.002247 -0.015116   -0.002456 -0.017290    
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.002887   -0.003395         -0.002245 -0.015115 -0.030853 -0.002454 -0.017289 -0.031232  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.002855         -0.008234 -0.017671 -0.002218 -0.014990 -0.030615 -0.002425 -0.017161 -0.030988  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.002887           -0.017759 -0.002247 -0.015116 -0.030855 -0.002455 -0.017290 -0.031233  
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z