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

For CO- (carbon monoxide 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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000283 -0.003293 -0.003293 -0.002176 -0.006795 -0.006795 -0.007362 -0.036654 -0.036654 -0.012212 -0.043386 -0.033471 -0.003931 -0.023969 -0.055854 -0.004633 -0.028146 -0.056675 -0.023969 -0.071211 -0.099225   -0.030801
MP3=FULL         -0.006558   -0.061856       -0.044684 -0.034715 -0.003632 -0.024186           -0.074531 -0.102540   -0.031676
MP4=FULL   -0.003113     -0.006560       -0.037760   -0.045000   -0.003597 -0.024155   -0.004284 -0.028744     -0.074714 -0.103139   -0.031465
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000085 -0.000974 -0.000974 -0.000643 -0.002004 -0.002004 -0.002157 -0.010402 -0.010402 -0.003547 -0.012372 -0.009510 -0.001157 -0.006958   -0.001356 -0.008231     -0.020007 -0.028022 -0.001463 -0.008907
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006529           -0.044854   -0.003570 -0.024138   -0.004210 -0.028864     -0.074658 -0.102972   -0.031566
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006533   -0.007046       -0.044878   -0.003572 -0.024166 -0.058006 -0.004213 -0.028974            
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006461         -0.012008 -0.044431 -0.034605 -0.003527 -0.023911 -0.057442 -0.004153 -0.028766 -0.058418   -0.074381 -0.102244   -0.031354
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006532           -0.044853 -0.034793 -0.003573 -0.024149 -0.057989 -0.004212 -0.028908 -0.058953   -0.074656 -0.102958   -0.031578
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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ