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

For H2CO (Formaldehyde)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000478 -0.003394 -0.003394 -0.002286 -0.007210 -0.007517 -0.007887 -0.036951 -0.037255 -0.013813 -0.044433 -0.044675 -0.033872 -0.004571 -0.028030 -0.057618 -0.005246 -0.031970 -0.058547   -0.071659 -0.099618 -0.099769 -0.029657 -0.005430 -0.033127
MP3=FULL   -0.003145 -0.003145 -0.002087 -0.006983 -0.007296 -0.007667 -0.038047 -0.038363 -0.013847 -0.045909   -0.035135 -0.004278 -0.028571   -0.004955 -0.032835       -0.102977 -0.103138   -0.005139 -0.034094
MP4=FULL -0.000396 -0.003210 -0.003210 -0.002131 -0.007018 -0.007327 -0.007702 -0.038147 -0.038471 -0.013859 -0.046195 -0.046463 -0.035304 -0.004261 -0.028628 -0.060093 -0.004939 -0.032869 -0.061073     -0.103668 -0.103806   -0.005121 -0.034120
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000143 -0.001004 -0.001004 -0.000676 -0.002129 -0.002216 -0.002323 -0.010496 -0.010587 -0.004018 -0.012696 -0.012772 -0.009634 -0.001348 -0.008115   -0.001549 -0.009236       -0.028152 -0.028199   -0.001603 -0.009567
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                                           -0.103527 -0.103673   -0.005095 -0.034128
QCISD(TQ)=FULL                                                   -0.034147
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.000383 -0.003117 -0.003117 -0.002056 -0.006907 -0.007212 -0.007580 -0.037866 -0.038181 -0.013719 -0.045719 -0.045976 -0.035065 -0.004178 -0.028367 -0.059429 -0.004844 -0.032619 -0.060399     -0.102759 -0.102901   -0.005024 -0.033876
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.000391 -0.003172 -0.003172 -0.002097 -0.006994 -0.007302 -0.007674 -0.038101 -0.038424 -0.013842 -0.046146 -0.046412 -0.035268 -0.004239 -0.028627 -0.060004 -0.004914 -0.032879 -0.060983 -0.028627 -0.075200 -0.103511 -0.103659   -0.005097 -0.034135
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ