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

For SeO2 (Selenium dioxide)

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 -0.000368 -0.007513 -0.014368 -0.015235 -0.039547 -0.039547 -0.041534 -0.412103 -0.412103 -0.117463 -0.465602 -0.104850 -0.014343 -0.075591 -0.144390 -0.017944 -0.085587 -0.148180 -0.019091 -0.091738
MP3=FULL         -0.037350   -0.084969       -0.419870 -0.093522 -0.012900 -0.068773         -0.017366 -0.083847
MP4=FULL   -0.006941     -0.038685       -0.394947   -0.446238   -0.013181 -0.072843   -0.016671 -0.083536   -0.017773 -0.088252
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000117 -0.002238 -0.004374 -0.004537 -0.012322 -0.012322 -0.012915 -0.121505 -0.121505 -0.036433 -0.137393 -0.030777 -0.004370 -0.022495   -0.005465 -0.025391   -0.005811 -0.027167
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.038608           -0.438485   -0.013271 -0.071747   -0.016795 -0.081322   -0.017891 -0.087133
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.037612         -0.110571 -0.432747 -0.096178 -0.012820 -0.069908 -0.135973 -0.016261 -0.079521 -0.139562 -0.017323 -0.085343
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.038657           -0.438359 -0.098338 -0.013321 -0.071796 -0.138656 -0.016848 -0.081385 -0.142183 -0.017944 -0.087204
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