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

For C2H6N+ (aziridine, 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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001171 -0.005109 -0.005109 -0.003835 -0.012900 -0.013982 -0.014276 -0.055998 -0.056909 -0.025836 -0.067046 -0.051509 -0.007749 -0.046943 -0.086415 -0.009065 -0.054688 -0.088385
MP3=FULL         -0.012625   -0.014014       -0.069541 -0.053737 -0.007298 -0.048200        
MP4=FULL   -0.004873     -0.012662       -0.059180   -0.070104   -0.007265 -0.048443   -0.008564 -0.056843  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000351 -0.001522 -0.001522 -0.001140 -0.003804 -0.004114 -0.004201 -0.015980 -0.016252 -0.007489 -0.019235 -0.014721 -0.002297 -0.013590   -0.002686 -0.015787  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012629           -0.069982   -0.007225 -0.048359   -0.008519    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012491         -0.025976 -0.069345 -0.053649 -0.007127 -0.047959   -0.008409    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012633           -0.069973 -0.053976 -0.007226 -0.048363   -0.008520    
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