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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 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000506 -0.005250 -0.005250 -0.003381 -0.010247 -0.010247 -0.011140 -0.056047 -0.056047 -0.022619 -0.050952 -0.006517 -0.040280 -0.088387 -0.007703 -0.046701 -0.089993
MP3=FULL         -0.009886   -0.010802       -0.052545 -0.006063 -0.040751        
MP4=FULL   -0.004965     -0.009944       -0.057523     -0.006062 -0.040685   -0.007259 -0.047533  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000153 -0.001546 -0.001546 -0.000996 -0.003018 -0.003018 -0.003278 -0.015866 -0.015866 -0.006560 -0.014439 -0.001911 -0.011643   -0.002264 -0.013465  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009913             -0.006032 -0.040771   -0.007231 -0.047693  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009921   -0.010828         -0.006034 -0.040824 -0.090167 -0.007234 -0.047770 -0.093643
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009814           -0.052473 -0.005961 -0.040448 -0.090752 -0.007150 -0.047412 -0.092424
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009919           -0.052742 -0.006035 -0.040787 -0.091557 -0.007234 -0.047716 -0.093242
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