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

For HNO3 (Nitric acid)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000518 -0.007280 -0.007280 -0.004328 -0.011229 -0.011357 -0.012563 -0.075204 -0.075315 -0.030392 -0.091565 -0.068592 -0.008771 -0.054116 -0.118893 -0.010159 -0.062696 -0.120930 -0.010498 -0.065271
MP3=FULL         -0.010453   -0.029956                          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000150 -0.002131 -0.002131 -0.001262 -0.003274 -0.003311 -0.003658 -0.021220 -0.021252 -0.008728 -0.025972 -0.019381 -0.002553 -0.015566   -0.002958 -0.017976   -0.003056 -0.018697
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.010303         -0.030195 -0.093289 -0.070151   -0.053999 -0.121437 -0.009206 -0.063167 -0.124615   -0.065910
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010403           -0.094036 -0.070519 -0.007962 -0.054334 -0.122533 -0.009305 -0.063448 -0.124640 -0.009636 -0.066194
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ