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

For BCl3+ (Boron Trichloride cation)

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 -0.001067 -0.014748 -0.037350 -0.009637 -0.035772 -0.035772 -0.037925 -0.165667 -0.165667 -0.070391 -0.307217 -0.098089 -0.021109 -0.116374 -0.214015 -0.025197 -0.125352 -0.217606 -0.026489 -0.128403
MP4=FULL   -0.013843     -0.033822       -0.166647   -0.304112   -0.019177 -0.113889   -0.023216 -0.123180   -0.024471 -0.126353
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000339 -0.004496 -0.011247 -0.002934 -0.010733 -0.010733 -0.011376 -0.047799 -0.047799 -0.020974 -0.089207 -0.028745 -0.006400 -0.034538   -0.007626 -0.037095   -0.008010 -0.037976
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.033653           -0.303260         -0.023029 -0.122662      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.032802         -0.063392 -0.299267 -0.095679 -0.018354 -0.110942 -0.208319 -0.022219 -0.120111 -0.211894 -0.023446 -0.123235
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.033627           -0.303164 -0.097292 -0.019013 -0.113344 -0.212179 -0.022994 -0.122592   -0.024244 -0.125753
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