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

For HO2+ (Hydroperoxy 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 -0.000161 -0.003524 -0.003524 -0.001937 -0.004670 -0.004760 -0.005246 -0.037001 -0.037085 -0.013633 -0.033864 -0.004023 -0.025486 -0.059186 -0.004456 -0.029020 -0.060087
MP3=FULL         -0.004295   -0.008808       -0.034720 -0.003698 -0.025431        
MP4=FULL   -0.003317     -0.004305       -0.037706     -0.003672 -0.025389   -0.004094 -0.029090  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000045 -0.001028 -0.001028 -0.000566 -0.001356 -0.001382 -0.001521 -0.010412 -0.010437 -0.003904 -0.009547 -0.001168 -0.007300   -0.001294 -0.008284  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004261             -0.003647 -0.025271   -0.004065 -0.028956  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004262   -0.004829         -0.003646 -0.025286 -0.060719 -0.004062 -0.028980  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004214         -0.013435 -0.034585 -0.003603 -0.025082 -0.060198 -0.004013 -0.028796 -0.061116
CCSD(T)=FULL         2.110906           -0.034759 -0.003651 -0.025296 -0.060730 -0.004069 -0.028991 -0.061654
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