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Bond Length differences between FULL (all electrons correlated) and FROZEN core

Such as MP2=Frozen and MP2=Full
17 10 27 16 27

For ZnS atoms 1 and 2

For ZnS (Zinc sulfide)
Bond length differences (full - frozen) in Å. Mouse over a difference for the bond length with full correlation.
Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.0048 -0.0030 -0.0010 -0.0021 0.0016 0.0030 -0.0401 0.0013 0.0110 0.0027 0.0043 0.0043 0.0084
MP3=FULL       0.0121   -0.0136              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL                   0.0022 0.0032 0.0035 0.0072
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ

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