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

For NBr3 (Nitrogen Tribromide)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000257 -0.011760 -0.032847 -0.033068 -0.086072 -0.086072 -0.089022 -1.201247 -1.201247 -0.260765 -1.347888 -0.215088 -0.026192 -0.150862 -0.272793 -0.033510 -0.167882 -0.036242 -0.177266
MP3=FULL         -0.080673   -0.083545       -1.198136 -0.183075 -0.022987 -0.131930       -0.032047 -0.156060
MP4=FULL   -0.011133     -0.083250       -1.131443       -0.024646 -0.144953          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000081 -0.003544 -0.010003 -0.009718 -0.026353 -0.026353 -0.027225 -0.352563 -0.352563 -0.080091 -0.395710 -0.063698 -0.008036 -0.045154   -0.010242 -0.049991 -0.011069 -0.052644
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.082544               -0.024183 -0.140647   -0.031306      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.080815         -0.242945 -1.235527 -0.190460 -0.023068 -0.135704   -0.029868 -0.151866    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.082508           -1.248483 -0.195874 -0.024169 -0.140436   -0.031260 -0.156547    
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ