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

For NH3S (sulfidoazane)

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 -0.000515 -0.007016 -0.014724 -0.004323 -0.013995 -0.014543 -0.015274 -0.139141 -0.139609 -0.030220 -0.189130 -0.045838 -0.009208 -0.049905 -0.010650 -0.055267
MP3=FULL         -0.013091   -0.014357       -0.186698 -0.045609 -0.008340 -0.048750    
MP4=FULL   -0.006551     -0.013189       -0.139526   -0.188415   -0.008408 -0.049580 -0.009860 -0.055136
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000159 -0.002131 -0.004459 -0.001308 -0.004203 -0.004361 -0.004581 -0.040010 -0.040149 -0.008958 -0.054658 -0.013356 -0.002784 -0.014781 -0.003213 -0.016300
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.013136           -0.188035   -0.008380 -0.049424 -0.009806 -0.054949
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012880         -0.028279 -0.186233 -0.045416 -0.008160 -0.048481 -0.009533 -0.053963
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013139           -0.188020 -0.046019 -0.008381 -0.049411 -0.009800 -0.054933
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