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

For COH+ (Carbon Monoxide, protonated)

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 -0.000492 -0.003488 -0.003488 -0.002371 -0.007026 -0.007253 -0.007620 -0.036759 -0.036907 -0.013048 -0.033591 -0.004176 -0.026179 -0.056482 -0.004980 -0.030669 -0.057463
MP3=FULL         -0.006761   -0.007375       -0.034794 -0.003856 -0.026548        
MP4=FULL   -0.003232     -0.006744       -0.037917     -0.003798 -0.026392   -0.004575 -0.031182  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000147 -0.001031 -0.001031 -0.000699 -0.002069 -0.002136 -0.002242 -0.010430 -0.010474 -0.003782 -0.009542 -0.001226 -0.007572   -0.001464 -0.008841  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006697             -0.003754 -0.026390   -0.004535 -0.031194  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006704   -0.007304         -0.003756 -0.026439 -0.058521 -0.004540 -0.031258 -0.059547
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006611         -0.012776 -0.034607 -0.003704 -0.026170 -0.057930 -0.004479 -0.030981 -0.058949
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006701           -0.034812 -0.003756 -0.026402 -0.058495 -0.004538 -0.031210 -0.059521
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