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

For CN- (cyanide anion)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000448 -0.003228 -0.003228 -0.002291 -0.007620 -0.007620 -0.008008 -0.036677 -0.036677 -0.013484 -0.033564 -0.004054 -0.024726 -0.054976 -0.004568 -0.029058 -0.055661 -0.024726 -0.096859
MP3=FULL         -0.007415   -0.044201       -0.034974 -0.003755 -0.025206           -0.100437
MP4=FULL   -0.003062     -0.007397       -0.038022     -0.003715 -0.025219   -0.004228 -0.029882     -0.101225
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000135 -0.000962 -0.000962 -0.000681 -0.002263 -0.002263 -0.002375 -0.010460 -0.010460 -0.003952 -0.009582 -0.001208 -0.007241   -0.001362 -0.008480     -0.027452
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007392             -0.003700 -0.025234   -0.004207 -0.029939     -0.100984
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007395   -0.007786         -0.003697 -0.025240 -0.057502 -0.004202 -0.029957 -0.059754    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007305         -0.013479 -0.034884 -0.003643 -0.024975 -0.056913 -0.004142 -0.029707 -0.057619   -0.100216
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007396           -0.035103 -0.003702 -0.025238 -0.057509 -0.004208 -0.029945 -0.058221 -0.025238 -0.100954
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ