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

For NOH+ (O-protonated nitric oxide)

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 -0.000266 -0.003527 -0.003527 -0.002123 -0.005509 -0.005603 -0.006122 -0.037021 -0.037117 -0.014368 -0.033870 -0.004157 -0.025676 -0.058136 -0.004719 -0.029676 -0.058996
MP3=FULL         -0.005135   -0.005750       -0.034870 -0.003824 -0.025751        
MP4=FULL   -0.003302     -0.005145       -0.037926     -0.003790 -0.025743   -0.004340 -0.029962  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000080 -0.001034 -0.001034 -0.000621 -0.001601 -0.001627 -0.001776 -0.010449 -0.010476 -0.004116 -0.009576 -0.001207 -0.007367   -0.001369 -0.008476  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.005063             -0.003733 -0.025547   -0.004270 -0.029710  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.005060   -0.005665         -0.003730 -0.025562 -0.059858 -0.004266 -0.029738 -0.060753
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.005001         -0.014169 -0.034698 -0.003684 -0.025332 -0.059297 -0.004215 -0.029535 -0.060180
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.005073           -0.034897 -0.003739 -0.025578 -0.059868 -0.004279 -0.029757 -0.060758
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