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

For CH3NO2 (Methane, nitro-)

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 -0.000869 -0.007101 -0.007101 -0.004614 -0.013371 -0.013928 -0.014933 -0.074916 -0.075351 -0.031796 -0.090714 -0.068495 -0.009329 -0.056963 -0.117320 -0.010818 -0.066387 -0.119555
MP3=FULL         -0.012771   -0.014326       -0.093453 -0.070706 -0.008677 -0.057951        
MP4=FULL   -0.006672     -0.012760       -0.077391   -0.093862   -0.008603 -0.057785   -0.010064 -0.067838  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000258 -0.002092 -0.002092 -0.001357 -0.003925 -0.004085 -0.004374 -0.021229 -0.021359 -0.009167 -0.025845 -0.019437 -0.002738 -0.016439   -0.003177 -0.019099  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012726           -0.093748   -0.008567 -0.057824   -0.010025 -0.067918  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012608         -0.031768 -0.092948 -0.070526 -0.008470 -0.057445   -0.009917 -0.067553  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012737           -0.093742 -0.070927 -0.008574 -0.057850 -0.121656 -0.010033    
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