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

For ZnNC (Zinc isocyanide)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.008160 -0.060635 -0.060635 -0.058199 -0.067372 -0.067372 -0.135048 -0.456997 -0.456997 -0.107943 -0.567233 -0.255324 -0.208864 -0.465478 -0.619922 -0.230128 -0.482756 -0.628373
MP3=FULL         -0.049495   -0.094938       -0.477772 -0.182091 -0.149124 -0.384002        
MP4=FULL   -0.054428     -0.064936       -0.438620   -0.557375   -0.201317 -0.455944   -0.224195 -0.475877  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.002468 -0.018327 -0.018327 -0.017834 -0.020635 -0.020635 -0.041028 -0.134680 -0.134680 -0.032519 -0.166674 -0.077004 -0.063947 -0.137982   -0.070078 -0.142933  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.058120           -0.522439   -0.177305 -0.423813   -0.198317 -0.442669  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.055948         -0.097542 -0.516121 -0.214326 -0.173750 -0.418958 -0.571110 -0.194508 -0.437124  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.057977           -0.522178 -0.216253 -0.177104 -0.423618 -0.578549 -0.198066 -0.442435  
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