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

For CH3O+ (Methoxy 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 -0.000441 -0.003272 -0.003272 -0.002188 -0.007053 -0.007516 -0.007869 -0.036794 -0.037242 -0.014259 -0.033749 -0.004622 -0.028408 -0.057924 -0.005329 -0.032716 -0.058975
MP3=FULL         -0.006819   -0.007646       -0.035030 -0.004335 -0.028817        
MP4=FULL   -0.003153     -0.006862       -0.038458     -0.004324 -0.029005   -0.005022 -0.033630  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000137 -0.000981 -0.000981 -0.000657 -0.002083 -0.002213 -0.002316 -0.010455 -0.010591 -0.004126 -0.009604 -0.001366 -0.008194   -0.001575 -0.009411  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006828             -0.004301 -0.028863   -0.004992 -0.033452  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006830   -0.007639         -0.004298 -0.028858 -0.060101 -0.004988 -0.033447 -0.061247
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006734         -0.014087 -0.034948 -0.004231 -0.028581 -0.059569 -0.004910 -0.033135 -0.060660
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006832           -0.035150 -0.004302 -0.028872 -0.060111 -0.004994 -0.033465 -0.061211
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