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

For NaCN (Sodium Cyanide)

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 cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.039967 -0.004421 -0.004907 -0.004197 -0.010452 -0.010452 -0.013281   -0.167689 -0.024844 -0.108934 -0.005630 -0.036705 -0.072588 -0.011443 -0.047329 -0.121336 -0.378341
MP3=FULL         -0.010135   -0.013051       -0.110228 -0.005255 -0.037671         -0.385004
MP4=FULL   -0.004262     -0.010290       -0.170581     -0.005304 -0.038255   -0.011505 -0.049905   -0.389828
B2PLYP=FULL -0.013199 -0.001422 -0.001599 -0.001388 -0.003283 -0.003283 -0.004219 -0.050645 -0.050645 -0.007666 -0.033191 -0.001789 -0.011211   -0.003703 -0.014347   -0.111633
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009990             -0.005183 -0.039544   -0.008129 -0.047415   -0.389661
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.010093   -0.010825         -0.005172 -0.040607 -0.073814 -0.008097 -0.047928    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.010088         -0.025212 -0.111730 -0.005172 -0.037742 -0.075864 -0.011288 -0.049393 -0.124873 -0.385206
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010270           -0.113382 -0.005274 -0.038276 -0.076783 -0.011472 -0.049989 -0.126231 -0.389301
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 cc-pCVTZ