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

For NO2+ (Nitrogen dioxide 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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000473 -0.005391 -0.005391 -0.003266 -0.009081 -0.009081 -0.009918 -0.056462 -0.056462 -0.023214 -0.051237 -0.006663 -0.041164 -0.088439 -0.007688 -0.047387 -0.089785
MP3=FULL         -0.008702   -0.016400       -0.052714 -0.006236 -0.042165        
MP4=FULL   -0.005133     -0.008384       -0.057612     -0.006028 -0.041218   -0.007026 -0.047722  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000139 -0.001585 -0.001585 -0.000959 -0.002682 -0.002683 -0.002923 -0.015986 -0.015986 -0.006728 -0.014511 -0.001962 -0.011946   -0.002264 -0.013715  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008576             -0.006116 -0.041856   -0.007128 -0.048551  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.008627   -0.014100             -0.084309 -0.007159 -0.048733 -0.086323
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008552         -0.023383 -0.052573 -0.006075 -0.041671 -0.090822 -0.007082 -0.048440 -0.092256
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008594           -0.052851 -0.006127 -0.041890 -0.091658 -0.007140 -0.048594 -0.093083
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