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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 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) 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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000321 -0.003577 -0.003577 -0.002194 -0.005583 -0.005583 -0.006173 -0.036993 -0.036993 -0.014479 -0.044414 -0.033737 -0.004193 -0.025462 -0.057706 -0.004717 -0.029590 -0.058466 -0.025462
MP3=FULL         -0.005239   -0.009988       -0.045751 -0.034747 -0.003877 -0.025895          
MP4=FULL   -0.003462     -0.005189       -0.037791   -0.045862   -0.003790 -0.025597   -0.004307 -0.029966    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000099 -0.001052 -0.001052 -0.000644 -0.001646 -0.001646 -0.001816 -0.010470 -0.010470 -0.004206 -0.012662 -0.009556 -0.001235 -0.007409   -0.001391 -0.008592    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.005190           -0.045880   -0.003791 -0.025775   -0.004315 -0.030251    
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.005197   -0.005786       -0.045870   -0.003795 -0.025802 -0.059781 -0.004318 -0.030294 -0.060579  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.005129         -0.014478 -0.045411 -0.034603 -0.003743 -0.025537 -0.059156 -0.004259 -0.030049 -0.059950  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.005195           -0.045866 -0.034806 -0.020102   -0.059782     -0.060581  
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