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

For HCN (Hydrogen cyanide)

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 cc-pCVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000541 -0.003269 -0.003269 -0.002349 -0.007997 -0.008193 -0.008489 -0.036942 -0.037154 -0.014939 -0.043737 -0.033883 -0.004441 -0.027570 -0.056087 -0.005114 -0.032294 -0.057099 -0.027570 -0.070794 -0.097136 -0.107090 -0.005280 -0.033829
MP3=FULL         -0.007826   -0.013458       -0.045428 -0.035326 -0.004163 -0.028322           -0.074417 -0.100785 -0.110525 -0.005006 -0.035171
MP4=FULL   -0.003105     -0.007810       -0.038590   -0.045797   -0.004131 -0.028372   -0.004801 -0.033469     -0.074693 -0.101598 -0.111593 -0.004966 -0.035144
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000163 -0.000974 -0.000974 -0.000699 -0.002375 -0.002432 -0.002518 -0.010544 -0.010611 -0.004382 -0.012573 -0.009681 -0.001325 -0.008050   -0.001527 -0.009396     -0.019963 -0.027543 -0.030361 -0.001576 -0.009833
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007799   -0.008301       -0.045709   -0.004112 -0.028364   -0.004782 -0.033487     -0.074619 -0.101360 -0.111285 -0.004946 -0.035168
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007800   -0.008301       -0.045687   -0.004106 -0.028363 -0.058749 -0.000254 -0.033490 -0.059820         -0.004939 -0.035171
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007706         -0.015065 -0.045223 -0.035235 -0.004045 -0.028085 -0.058143 -0.004709 -0.033224 -0.059205   -0.074277 -0.100551 -0.110287 -0.004869 -0.034907
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007805           -0.045697 -0.035466 -0.004114 -0.028368 -0.058766 -0.004785 -0.033492 -0.059838 -0.028368 -0.074615 -0.101329 -0.111243 -0.004948 -0.035174
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 cc-pCVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ