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

For C3H4N2 (2H-Imidazole)

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 -0.001856 -0.008708 -0.008708 -0.006476 0.055638 -0.023022 -0.023781 -0.016942 -0.094937 -0.043914 -0.113173 -0.086107 -0.012726 -0.077157 -0.015072 -0.091015
MP3=FULL         -0.021779   -0.023243       -0.117190 -0.089642 -0.011908 -0.079074    
MP4=FULL   -0.008303     -0.021868       -0.098603   -0.120763   -0.011913   -0.014241 -0.094461
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000559 -0.002595 -0.002595 -0.001927 -0.006601 -0.006796 -0.007018 -0.026917 -0.027115 -0.012772 -0.032498 -0.024609 -0.003780 -0.022383 -0.004474 -0.026309
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.021795               -0.011839 -0.079345    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.021531         -0.044015 -0.116788 -0.089486 -0.011651 -0.078641 -0.013945 -0.092996
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.021804           -0.117949 -0.090072 -0.011841 -0.079357 -0.014159  
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