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

For HCOOH (Formic 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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000576 -0.005266 -0.005266 -0.003382 -0.010098 -0.010397 -0.010975 -0.056021 -0.056305 -0.022166 -0.067832 -0.051188 -0.006841 -0.041685 -0.087931 -0.007979 -0.047574 -0.089448       -0.044568 -0.008266 -0.049547
MP3=FULL         -0.009651   -0.010538       -0.069806 -0.052837 -0.006351 -0.042196                 -0.007772 -0.050671
MP4=FULL   -0.004964     -0.009711       -0.057829   -0.070160   -0.006335 -0.042242   -0.007472 -0.048543           -0.007753 -0.050667
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000172 -0.001551 -0.001551 -0.000995 -0.002967 -0.003053 -0.003221 -0.015867 -0.015951 -0.006408 -0.019315 -0.014518 -0.002005 -0.012031   -0.002343 -0.013696           -0.002426 -0.014254
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009668           -0.070089   -0.006301 -0.042227   -0.007431 -0.048543           -0.007713 -0.050670
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009664   -0.010544           -0.006301     -0.007430                
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009561         -0.022020 -0.069494 -0.052734 -0.006224 -0.041891 -0.090308 -0.007343 -0.048213 -0.091890         -0.007620 -0.050337
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009672           -0.070088 -0.053012 -0.006304 -0.042242 -0.091117 -0.007434 -0.048561 -0.092701 -0.042185 -0.113346 -0.157617   -0.007715 -0.050688
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 Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ