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

For O+ (Oxygen atom cation)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL                     -0.021296 -0.021296 -0.016304         -0.011052  
MP3=FULL         -0.001681   -0.001924                        
MP4=FULL 0.000000 -0.001544 -0.001544 -0.000761 -0.001665 -0.001665 -0.001906 -0.018084 -0.018084 -0.005829 -0.021782 -0.021782 -0.016831 -0.001461 -0.010586 -0.029072 -0.001584 -0.011012 -0.029143
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL   -0.001529 -0.001529 -0.000749 -0.001639 -0.001639 -0.001877 -0.018011 -0.018011 -0.005783 -0.021655 -0.021655 -0.016766 -0.001440 -0.010491 -0.028890 -0.001560 -0.010912 -0.028961
CCSD(T)=FULL   -0.001537 -0.001537 -0.000754   -0.001653 -0.001893 -0.018061 -0.018061 -0.005814 -0.021755 -0.021755 -0.016813            
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ