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

For HCNO (fulminic acid)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000728 -0.005229 -0.005229 -0.003548 -0.011278 -0.011447 -0.012145 -0.056357 -0.056554 -0.024043 -0.068416 -0.051409 -0.006951 -0.042846 -0.087396 -0.008080 -0.049888 -0.089063 -0.042846   -0.008503 -0.052471
MP3=FULL         -0.011120   -0.012044         -0.053343 -0.006520 -0.043754                
MP4=FULL   -0.004957     -0.010832       -0.058268       -0.006403 -0.043576   -0.007501 -0.051046     -0.171736    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000217 -0.001548 -0.001548 -0.001050 -0.003353 -0.003407 -0.003619 -0.016034 -0.016106 -0.007064 -0.019571 -0.014662 -0.002058 -0.012437   -0.002407 -0.014479       -0.002513 -0.015139
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010886               -0.006384 -0.043719   -0.007523 -0.051469          
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.010936   -0.011829           -0.006391 -0.047984   -0.007544 -0.046204          
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.010976         -0.025345 -0.070292 -0.053228 -0.006357 -0.043382 -0.090039 -0.007573 -0.051123 -0.091807     -0.007836 -0.053652
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010907           -0.070977 -0.053463 -0.006393 -0.043747 -0.090956 -0.007536 -0.051499 -0.092723   -0.171255 -0.007938 -0.054034
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ