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

For NF3 (Nitrogen trifluoride)

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 -0.000288 -0.007331 -0.007331 -0.004285 -0.009835 -0.009835 -0.011514 -0.074912 -0.074912 -0.022874 -0.092283 -0.068095 -0.008274 -0.051380 -0.121750 -0.009722 -0.057966 -0.123485 -0.010072 -0.060659
MP3=FULL         -0.009023   -0.039318                          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000082 -0.002128 -0.002128 -0.001240 -0.002839 -0.002839 -0.003315 -0.021021 -0.021021 -0.006539 -0.025988 -0.019135 -0.002383 -0.014664   -0.002801 -0.016498   -0.002901 -0.017251
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008961           -0.094007   -0.007445 -0.050788   -0.008827 -0.057688   -0.009170  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008887         -0.022118 -0.093349 -0.069214 -0.007361 -0.050444 -0.123435 -0.008740 -0.057429 -0.125216 -0.009076 -0.060268
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008972           -0.094023 -0.069527 -0.007450 -0.050818 -0.124450 -0.008834 -0.057738 -0.126210 -0.009176 -0.060579
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