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

For HO2 (Hydroperoxy radical)

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-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000146 -0.003559 -0.003559 -0.001989 -0.000000 -0.004817 -0.005299 -0.135127 -0.037235 -0.013653 -0.034037 -0.004113 -0.025321 -0.059476 -0.004523 -0.028697 -0.060312 -0.104453 -0.104560
MP3=FULL         -0.004277   -0.004879       -0.034850 -0.003751 -0.025146         -0.107163 -0.107276
MP4=FULL   -0.003317     -0.004294       -0.037804     -0.003730 -0.025157   -0.004133 -0.028684   -0.107714 -0.107782
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000043 -0.001037 -0.001037 -0.000579 -0.001357 -0.001392 -0.001530 -0.010438 -0.010468 -0.003899 -0.009587 -0.001189 -0.007236   -0.001308 -0.008172   -0.029324 -0.029355
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004251   -0.004842         -0.003704 -0.025016   -0.004099 -0.028511   -0.107502 -0.107571
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004250   -0.004840         -0.003701 -0.025024 -0.060935 -0.004095 -0.028529 -0.052995    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004199         -0.013404 -0.034698 -0.003654 -0.024795 -0.060388 -0.004040 -0.028317 -0.061226 -0.106700 -0.106763
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004255           -0.034872 -0.003706 -0.025031 -0.060938 -0.004101 -0.028536 -0.061779 -0.107475 -0.107551
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-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ