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

For CNOH3 (1,2-oxaziridine)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000718 -0.005187 -0.005187 -0.003492 -0.010531 -0.011059 -0.011627 -0.055857 -0.056340 -0.023113 -0.051258 -0.006944 -0.042451 -0.086879 -0.008168 -0.049123 -0.088422
MP3=FULL         -0.010106   -0.011212       -0.053078 -0.006455 -0.043169        
MP4=FULL   -0.004885     -0.010115       -0.058019     -0.006406 -0.043195   -0.007610 -0.050347  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000213 -0.001532 -0.001532 -0.001030 -0.003096 -0.003247 -0.003413 -0.015849 -0.015994 -0.006686 -0.014567 -0.002042 -0.012267   -0.002406 -0.014155  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010075             -0.006367 -0.043143   -0.007566 -0.050315  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009967         -0.023053 -0.052912 -0.006284 -0.042813 -0.089426 -0.007472 -0.049990 -0.090867
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010080           -0.053215 -0.006370 -0.043154 -0.090281 -0.007570 -0.050328 -0.091899
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ