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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 cation)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000518 -0.003216 -0.003216 -0.002304 -0.007617 -0.007785 -0.008093 -0.036458 -0.036670 -0.014135 -0.042863 -0.033422 -0.004170 -0.026530 -0.055041 -0.004826 -0.031078 -0.056050 -0.026530
MP3=FULL         -0.007427   -0.007909       -0.044460 -0.034877 -0.003912 -0.027082          
MP4=FULL   -0.003037     -0.007417       -0.038082   -0.044786   -0.003872 -0.027203   -0.004519 -0.032090    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000157 -0.000954 -0.000954 -0.000678 -0.002219 -0.002265 -0.002355 -0.010369 -0.010433 -0.004034 -0.012243 -0.009512 -0.001219 -0.007636   -0.001406 -0.008898    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007290           -0.044563   -0.003787 -0.026877   -0.004407 -0.031664    
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007275   -0.007754       -0.044518   -0.003773 -0.026830 -0.057317 -0.004388 -0.031604    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007190         -0.013848 -0.044076 -0.034668 -0.003714 -0.026605 -0.056748 -0.004327 -0.031413 -0.057801  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007300           -0.044566 -0.034913 -0.003791 -0.026911 -0.057385 -0.004413 -0.031711 -0.058443  
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