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

For Na2O (disodium 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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.082913 -0.003994 -0.005196 -0.004186 -0.007757 -0.007757 -0.012587 -0.281611 -0.281611 -0.027048 -0.329570 -0.167755 -0.004853 -0.035578 -0.063816 -0.014255 -0.044455 -0.142670 -0.617533
MP3=FULL         -0.007744   -0.012859       -0.328537 -0.167893 -0.004708 -0.036980         -0.625463
MP4=FULL   -0.003864     -0.007428       -0.285302   -0.337250   -0.004779 -0.038826   -0.008957 -0.043459   -0.634444
B2PLYP=FULL -0.027586 -0.001407 -0.001852 -0.001496 -0.002710 -0.002710 -0.004353 -0.086073 -0.086073 -0.008936 -0.100954 -0.052089 -0.001675 -0.011470   -0.004837 -0.014418   -0.184066
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(TQ)=FULL                     -0.347756                
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007846         -0.028420 -0.332494 -0.170982 -0.004754 -0.037440 -0.069180 -0.015323 -0.047808 -0.113386 -0.626141
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008014           -0.336579 -0.174023 -0.004864 -0.048593 -0.069817 -0.015346 -0.048593 -0.152361 -0.633722
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-pCVTZ