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

For NO- (nitric oxide anion)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000128 -0.003394 -0.003394 -0.002001 -0.005329 -0.005329 -0.005906 -0.036991 -0.036991 -0.013902 -0.044335 -0.033890 -0.003962 -0.024316 -0.057847 -0.004401 -0.027525 -0.058552 -0.024316 -0.004583 -0.028589
MP3=FULL         -0.004980   -0.044062       -0.045525 -0.034917 -0.003645 -0.024361           -0.004260 -0.028968
MP4=FULL   -0.003213     -0.004971       -0.037820   -0.045608   -0.003610 -0.024313   -0.004045 -0.027651     -0.004221 -0.028783
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000038 -0.000998 -0.000998 -0.000588 -0.001556 -0.001556 -0.001724 -0.010444 -0.010444 -0.003994 -0.012567 -0.009585 -0.001156 -0.007003   -0.001286 -0.007907     -0.001341 -0.008215
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004935           -0.045502   -0.003587 -0.024236   -0.004011 -0.027579     -0.004183 -0.028721
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004939   -0.005505       -0.045520   -0.003588 -0.024256 -0.059651 -0.004009 -0.027618 -0.060351   -0.004179 -0.028756
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004889         -0.013788 -0.045133 -0.034789 -0.003550 -0.024039 -0.059117 -0.003963 -0.027405 -0.059787   -0.004140 -0.028544
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004940           -0.045510 -0.034961 -0.003590 -0.024253 -0.059650 -0.004014 -0.027607 -0.060339 -0.024253 -0.004191 -0.028751
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ