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

For FNO2 (Nitryl fluoride)

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 -0.000461 -0.007304 -0.007304 -0.004314 -0.010836 -0.010836 -0.012237 -0.075171 -0.075171 -0.028129 -0.068318 -0.008665 -0.053396 -0.010032 -0.061392
MP3=FULL         -0.010082   -0.011468       -0.070002 -0.007930 -0.053737    
MP4=FULL   -0.006783     -0.010048       -0.076477     -0.007887 -0.053345 -0.009212 -0.061741
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000133 -0.002135 -0.002135 -0.001257 -0.003161 -0.003161 -0.003563 -0.021193 -0.021193 -0.008089 -0.019286 -0.002518 -0.015362 -0.002921 -0.017612
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010031             -0.007856 -0.053519 -0.009201 -0.062004
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009957         -0.027857 -0.069814 -0.007769 -0.053226 -0.009120 -0.061761
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010047           -0.070165 -0.007865 -0.053561 -0.009213 -0.062057
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