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

For NCl (nitrogen monochloride)

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(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000127 -0.005892 -0.013340 -0.003601 -0.012912 -0.012912 -0.013789 -0.067145 -0.067145 -0.027902 -0.116817 -0.043900 -0.007852 -0.044728 -0.090659 -0.009072 -0.047933 -0.091879 -0.059944 -0.115817 -0.118944 -0.250199  
MP3=FULL         -0.011876   -0.017470       -0.114575 -0.043437 -0.006914 -0.042862         -0.056976 -0.112659 -0.115860 -0.215357 -0.345075
MP4=FULL   -0.005532     -0.012064       -0.067584   -0.115995   -0.007082 -0.043711   -0.008291 -0.047013   -0.057321 -0.114043 -0.117290 -0.213627 -0.346917
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000042 -0.001788 -0.004012 -0.001093 -0.003861 -0.003861 -0.004122 -0.019277 -0.019277 -0.008250 -0.033788 -0.012734 -0.002372 -0.013226   -0.002737 -0.014139   -0.017481 -0.033743 -0.034630 -0.060386 -0.098219
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012010           -0.115731   -0.007037 -0.043545   -0.008230 -0.046826   -0.057280 -0.113772 -0.117000 -0.213549 -0.346505
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.011958   -0.012825       -0.115456   -0.006991 -0.043379 -0.090701 -0.008163 -0.046887 -0.091972          
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011737         -0.025587 -0.114277 -0.043313 -0.006813 -0.042643 -0.089024 -0.007962 -0.045885 -0.090224 -0.056701 -0.112332 -0.115512 -0.214762 -0.346092
CCSD(T)=FULL         5.802426           -0.115690 -0.043879 -0.007032 -0.043519 -0.090481 -0.008219 -0.046799 -0.091698 -0.057269 -0.113744 -0.116973 -0.251267 -0.388593
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(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ