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

For C6H5NO (nitrosobenzene)

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 -0.003033 -0.013753 -0.013753 -0.010457 -0.035674 -0.036499 -0.037779 -0.149905 -0.150616 -0.063771 -0.178593 -0.136474 -0.019313 -0.120184 -0.022210 -0.143011
MP3=FULL         -0.034951   -0.037075       -0.185228 -0.142275 -0.018088      
MP4=FULL   -0.013140     -0.035061       -0.156618              
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000918 -0.004104 -0.004104 -0.003115 -0.010548 -0.010786 -0.011159 -0.042822 -0.043036 -0.018587 -0.051305 -0.039014 -0.005752 -0.034890 -0.006611 -0.041361
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.034946               -0.017936      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.034540           -0.184637 -0.142038 -0.017670 -0.122673 -0.020487  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.034963               -0.017941      
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