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

For NH(CH3)CONH(CH3) (Urea, N,N'-dimethyl-)

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 -0.001858 -0.010545 -0.010545 -0.007579 -0.024540 -0.026005 -0.026913 -0.112630 -0.113795 -0.052449 -0.103328 -0.015210 -0.090724 -0.017831 -0.106583
MP3=FULL         -0.023851   -0.026243       -0.107368 -0.014258 -0.092714    
MP4=FULL   -0.010065     -0.023934       -0.117836     -0.014209 0.006937 -0.016814 -0.110855
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000561 -0.003134 -0.003134 -0.002252 -0.007233 -0.007653 -0.007920 -0.032071 -0.032422 -0.015166 -0.029469 -0.004499 -0.026243 -0.005272 -0.030719
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.023866             -0.014134 -0.091339 -0.016722  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.023615         -0.052718 -0.107187 -0.013956 -0.092193 -0.016516  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.023875           -0.107801 -0.014136 -0.072170 -0.016727  
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