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

For CaO (Calcium 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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.005115 -0.006379 -0.008415 -0.001070 -0.002473 -0.002473 -0.002698 -0.126458 -0.126458 -0.007476 -0.153190 -0.050815 -0.089398 -0.184111 -0.262912 -0.406546
MP3=FULL         -0.002149   -0.014203       -0.149124 -0.051971 -0.097551 -0.196838   -0.422267
MP4=FULL   -0.005802     -0.002306       -0.123894   -0.149432   -0.100767 -0.199773   -0.428910
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001681 -0.001289 -0.002324 -0.000311 -0.000716 -0.000716 -0.000783 -0.035691   -0.002174 -0.043425 -0.014824 -0.029126 -0.059416   -0.124732
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                     -0.151477     -0.187420   -0.426946
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.002118         -0.017340 -0.148697 -0.051265 -0.099392 -0.196891 -0.279096 -0.420980
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.002184           -0.149948 -0.052639 -0.105103 -0.201547 -0.286684 -0.431872
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 cc-pCVTZ