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

For MgN (Magnesium Nitride)

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 -0.017262 -0.005501 -0.008282 -0.003882 -0.009143 -0.009143 -0.009930 -0.145860 -0.145860 -0.015924 -0.163901 -0.090026 -0.005404 -0.029791 -0.058189 -0.006009 -0.033271 -0.059612 -0.006764 -0.036321
MP3=FULL         -0.009071   -0.009828       -0.164391 -0.091029 -0.005283 -0.030023         -0.006567 -0.036948
MP4=FULL   -0.005366     -0.009353       -0.147759   -0.167169   -0.005432 -0.031047   -0.006018 -0.034767   -0.006757 -0.038124
B2PLYP=FULL -0.005844 -0.001823 -0.002761 -0.001291 -0.002979 -0.002979 -0.003217 -0.043540 -0.043540 -0.004999 -0.049171 -0.027244 -0.001780 -0.009351   -0.001965 -0.010378   -0.002200 -0.011275
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009362           -0.167118   -0.005436 -0.031004   -0.006009 -0.034671   -0.006712 -0.038012
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009101         -0.016105 -0.165481 -0.091817 -0.005269 -0.030156 -0.060191 -0.005823 -0.033787 -0.061636 -0.006497 -0.037113
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009363           -0.167084 -0.092967 -0.005436 -0.030992 -0.061372 -0.006008 -0.034661 -0.062846 -0.006714 -0.038002
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