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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)

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 Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000369 -0.005331 -0.005331 -0.003156 -0.008344 -0.008344 -0.009298 -0.056089 -0.056089 -0.022187 -0.068183 -0.051105 -0.006371 -0.039305 -0.088163 -0.007289 -0.045509 -0.089563 -0.043746 -0.007543 -0.047297
MP3=FULL         -0.007824   -0.021001         -0.052525 -0.005889 -0.039767              
MP4=FULL   -0.005013     -0.007755       -0.057240       -0.005795 -0.039320   -0.006688 -0.045815        
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000107 -0.001565 -0.001565 -0.000924 -0.002442 -0.002442 -0.002717 -0.015844 -0.015844 -0.006389 -0.019367 -0.014454 -0.001861 -0.011339   -0.002131 -0.013084     -0.002205 -0.013587
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007752               -0.005791 -0.039489   -0.006685 -0.046081        
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007771   -0.008717           -0.005803 -0.039575 -0.091041 -0.006697 -0.046199 -0.092282      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007700         -0.022097   -0.052370 -0.005743 -0.039301 -0.090208 -0.006632 -0.045964 -0.091648      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007766             -0.052646 -0.005801 -0.039529 -0.091020 -0.006696 -0.046133 -0.092467      
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 Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ