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

For H2O- (water anion)

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 -0.000060 -0.001756 -0.001756 -0.000995 -0.002291 -0.002449 -0.002704 -0.018618 -0.018797 -0.006700 -0.022478 -0.017118 -0.002183 -0.013274 -0.030221 -0.002455 -0.015073 -0.030816 -0.013274 -0.002534 -0.015398
MP3=FULL         -0.002067   -0.002485       -0.022949 -0.017498 -0.001985 -0.013213           -0.002327 -0.015459
MP4=FULL   -0.001628     -0.002084       -0.019073   -0.022996   -0.001971 -0.013243   -0.002241 -0.015127     -0.002318 -0.015473
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000017 -0.000512 -0.000512 -0.000287 -0.000660 -0.000699 -0.000779 -0.005236 -0.005287 -0.001912 -0.006346 -0.004822 -0.000629 -0.003806   -0.000709 -0.004310     -0.000732 -0.004402
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.002075           -0.022957   -0.001961 -0.013212   -0.002227 -0.015098     -0.002304 -0.015444
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.002075   -0.002468       -0.022971   -0.001958 -0.013212 -0.031010 -0.002224 -0.015107 -0.031622   -0.002302 -0.015451
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.002051         -0.006580 -0.022783 -0.017448 -0.001940 -0.013102 -0.030760 -0.002204 -0.015001 -0.031368   -0.002281 -0.015339
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.002075           -0.022963 -0.017526 -0.001961 -0.013215 -0.031007 -0.002226 -0.015104 -0.031615   -0.002304 -0.015449
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