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

For NH2OH (hydroxylamine)

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 -0.000288 -0.003572 -0.003572 -0.002191 -0.005655 -0.006143 -0.006513 -0.037348 -0.037755 -0.015474 -0.045056 -0.034399 -0.004608 -0.027407 -0.059715 -0.005166 -0.031560 -0.060590 -0.027407 -0.005293 -0.032526
MP3=FULL         -0.005260   -0.019519       -0.046212 -0.035379 -0.004241 -0.027548              
MP4=FULL   -0.003329     -0.005259       -0.038557   -0.046364   -0.004201 -0.027557   -0.004746 -0.031972        
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000083 -0.001045 -0.001045 -0.000639 -0.001647 -0.001786 -0.001894 -0.010543 -0.010663 -0.004441 -0.012778 -0.009729 -0.001340 -0.007883   -0.001505 -0.009052     -0.001542 -0.009323
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.005234           -0.046285   -0.004177 -0.027502   -0.004719 -0.031923     -0.004843 -0.032940
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.005231   -0.006068       -0.046283   -0.004172 -0.027353   -0.004712          
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.005178         -0.015402 -0.045922 -0.035251 -0.004130 -0.027291 -0.061087 -0.004664 -0.031716 -0.061988   -0.004787 -0.032737
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.005235           -0.046285 -0.035428 -0.004177 -0.027506 -0.061619 -0.004719 -0.031931 -0.062525   -0.004844 -0.032948
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