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

For FCO (Carbonyl fluoride)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000427 -0.005174 -0.005174 -0.003264 -0.009546 -0.009546 -0.010328 -0.055720 -0.055720 -0.019161 -0.050692 -0.006272 -0.038756 -0.087906 -0.007385 -0.044483 -0.089337
MP3=FULL         -0.009139   -0.009920       -0.052251 -0.005809 -0.038995        
MP4=FULL   -0.004883     -0.009215       -0.057130     -0.005816 -0.039008   -0.006930 -0.045115  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000126 -0.001524 -0.001524 -0.000961 -0.002799 -0.002799 -0.003024 -0.015750 -0.015750 -0.005526 -0.014345 -0.001833 -0.011164   -0.002163 -0.012778  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009138             -0.005769 -0.038954   -0.006872 -0.045077  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009139   -0.009918         -0.005767 -0.038994   -0.006870 -0.048689  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009051           -0.052159 -0.005704 -0.038658 -0.090064 -0.006802 -0.044822 -0.091542
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009145           -0.052410 -0.005772 -0.038975 -0.090824 -0.006877 -0.045108 -0.092307
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