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

For BrCN (Cyanogen bromide)

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 -0.000598 -0.006814 -0.013702 -0.013487 -0.036238 -0.036238 -0.037454 -0.431598 -0.431598 -0.101914 -0.486184 -0.099915 -0.012613 -0.073751 -0.137552 -0.015629 -0.082196 -0.140443 -0.016650 -0.086789
MP3=FULL         -0.034311   -0.057077       -0.437791 -0.090485 -0.011270 -0.068036         -0.014976 -0.080899
MP4=FULL   -0.006478     -0.035230       -0.409512   -0.461834   -0.011875 -0.072462   -0.014876 -0.081033   -0.015865 -0.085668
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000184 -0.002064 -0.004160 -0.003982 -0.011033 -0.011034 -0.011391 -0.126414 -0.126415 -0.031120 -0.142516 -0.029316 -0.003848 -0.021941   -0.004758 -0.024367   -0.005062 -0.025691
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.034987           -0.454941   -0.011703 -0.071068   -0.014641 -0.079550   -0.015612 -0.084157
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.034290         -0.095967 -0.450088 -0.092976 -0.011253 -0.069164 -0.130797 -0.014082 -0.077612 -0.133563 -0.015020 -0.082220
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.034976           -0.454780 -0.094973 -0.011699 -0.071002 -0.133452 -0.014628 -0.079479 -0.136237 -0.015598 -0.084086
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