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

For H2CO- (formaldehyde anion)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000394 -0.003377 -0.003377 -0.002261 -0.007094 -0.007397 -0.007807 -0.037014 -0.037315 -0.013446 -0.044358 -0.033891 -0.004502 -0.027569 -0.057501 -0.005177 -0.031516 -0.058449 -0.005446 -0.033168
MP3=FULL         -0.006856   -0.007557       -0.045758 -0.035141 -0.004200 -0.028006         0.004197 -0.025900
MP4=FULL   -0.003200     -0.006885       -0.038497   -0.046034   -0.004176 -0.028086   -0.004844 -0.032291   -0.005121 -0.034113
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000118 -0.000999 -0.000999 -0.000669 -0.002089 -0.002174 -0.002290 -0.010508 -0.010598 -0.003897 -0.012653 -0.009633 -0.001324 -0.007966   -0.001522 -0.009079   -0.001588 -0.009493
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006855           -0.045937   -0.004151 -0.028030   -0.004799 -0.032180   -0.005095 -0.034120
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006822   -0.007523       -0.045941   -0.004089 -0.027789 -0.059677          
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006783         -0.013298 -0.045525 -0.035064 -0.004103 -0.027795 -0.059231 -0.004735 -0.031916   -0.005013 -0.033833
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006858           -0.045939 -0.035251 -0.004152 -0.028038 -0.059771 -0.004800 -0.032190 -0.060747 -0.005096 -0.034127
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ