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

For C3O (Tricarbon monoxide)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001251 -0.006632 -0.006632 -0.004951 -0.017351 -0.017351 -0.018327 -0.074253 -0.074253 -0.029415 -0.067547 -0.008849 -0.055031 -0.111511 -0.010302 -0.065032 -0.113727
MP3=FULL         -0.017033   -0.018065       -0.070399 -0.008258 -0.056437        
MP4=FULL   -0.006316     -0.017001       -0.077054     -0.008181 -0.056172   -0.009626 -0.066884  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000378 -0.001979 -0.001979 -0.001475 -0.005137 -0.005137 -0.005425 -0.021203 -0.021203 -0.008601 -0.019295 -0.002635 -0.016029   -0.003068 -0.018868  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016961             -0.008136 -0.056308   -0.009587 -0.067133  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.016993             -0.008144 -0.056434 -0.122045 -0.009596 -0.066289  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016807         -0.029303 -0.070248 -0.008038 -0.055957 -0.115449 -0.009477 -0.066858  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016974           -0.070662 -0.008143 -0.056335 -0.116543 -0.009593 -0.067170 -0.118880
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ