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

For NaF+ (sodium fluoride 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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.038316 -0.002824 -0.003103 -0.002457 -0.003798 -0.003798 -0.004151 -0.148696 -0.148696 -0.011841 -0.172531 -0.091109 -0.003045 -0.022610 -0.041487 -0.003350 -0.023857 -0.043837 -0.022610 -0.004827 -0.025321
MP3=FULL         -0.003540   -0.008759       -0.172100 -0.091365 -0.002825 -0.022884           -0.004645 -0.025725
MP4=FULL   -0.002684     -0.003669       -0.150328   -0.175763   -0.002882 -0.023375   -0.003190 -0.024713     -0.004714 -0.026317
B2PLYP=FULL -0.012654 -0.000981 -0.001100 -0.000962 -0.001353 -0.001353 -0.001405 -0.045147 -0.045147 -0.003903 -0.052337 -0.028041 -0.001048 -0.007047   -0.001128 -0.007434     -0.001620 -0.007904
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.003653           -0.175599   -0.002872 -0.023382   -0.003177 -0.024721     -0.004705 -0.026328
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.003582         -0.011914 -0.173928 -0.092938 -0.002831 -0.023085 -0.042671 -0.003130 -0.024402 -0.045125   -0.004653 -0.025978
CCSD(T)=FULL         3.325296           -0.175535 -0.094368 -0.002871 -0.023374 -0.043061 -0.003176 -0.024713 -0.045554   -0.004707 -0.026320
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ