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

For Li3N (trilithium nitride)

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 -0.001684 -0.002950 -0.002950 -0.002648 -0.007675 -0.007674 -0.017522 -0.060715 -0.060715 -0.023586 -0.056709 -0.004635 -0.053887 -0.085487 -0.022160 -0.062161 -0.091921
MP3=FULL         -0.007715   -0.020303       -0.062329 -0.004717 -0.059925        
MP4=FULL   -0.003032     -0.007373       -0.067957     -0.004316 -0.060514   -0.023971 -0.069390  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000587 -0.000950 -0.000950 -0.000879 -0.002479 -0.002479 -0.005593 -0.018077 -0.018077 -0.007367 -0.016868 -0.001557 -0.016428   -0.007091 -0.018996  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007529             -0.004487 -0.060897   -0.025354 -0.070096  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007655             -0.004597 -0.061099 -0.095598 -0.025898 -0.070395  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007515           -0.063143 -0.004537 -0.060592 -0.094720 -0.025722 -0.069852 -0.102090
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007450           -0.063272 -0.004465 -0.060940 -0.095296 -0.025258 -0.070153 -0.102697
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