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

For NO3- (nitrate 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000469 -0.007236 -0.007236 -0.004277 -0.011119 -0.011119 -0.012413 -0.075173 -0.075173 -0.030091 -0.068525 -0.008608 -0.053095 -0.118456 -0.009957 -0.061516 -0.120403
MP3=FULL         -0.010329   -0.052383       -0.070282 -0.007886 -0.053398        
MP4=FULL   -0.006731     -0.010309       -0.076601     -0.007818 -0.053121   -0.009123 -0.061958  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000134 -0.002118 -0.002118 -0.001247 -0.003240 -0.003240 -0.003611 -0.021207 -0.021207 -0.008638 -0.019361 -0.002503 -0.015269   -0.002896 -0.017629  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010279             -0.007796 -0.053189   -0.009087 -0.062087  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.010190         -0.029856 -0.070082 -0.007718 -0.052871 -0.120953 -0.009002 -0.061840 -0.122620
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010291           -0.070450 -0.007804 -0.053223 -0.122045 -0.009096 -0.062136 -0.124039
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