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

For N+ (Nitrogen 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                     -0.020009 -0.020009 -0.016152         -0.010047  
MP3=FULL         -0.002194   -0.002411                        
MP4=FULL -0.000101 -0.001507 -0.001507 -0.000899 -0.002144 -0.002144 -0.002359 -0.017976 -0.017976 -0.005835 -0.020590 -0.020590 -0.016789 -0.001347 -0.009586 -0.027407 -0.001457 -0.010033 -0.027476
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.000090 -0.001445 -0.001445 -0.000851 -0.002083 -0.002083 -0.002293 -0.017803 -0.017803 -0.005746 -0.020362 -0.020362 -0.016645 -0.001294 -0.009412 -0.027106 -0.001400 -0.009852 -0.027175
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.000092 -0.001476 -0.001476 -0.000872   -0.002121 -0.002334 -0.017912 -0.017912 -0.005811 -0.020539 -0.020539 -0.016746            
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