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

For BSi (Boron silicide)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002939 -0.006846 -0.013905 -0.004866 -0.014939 -0.014939 -0.016155 -0.141214 -0.141214 -0.024934 -0.183389 -0.048192 -0.007303 -0.064883 -0.065786 -0.008155 -0.069009 -0.066974
MP3=FULL         -0.014693   -0.015923       -0.183353 -0.049203 -0.006911 -0.064921        
MP4=FULL   -0.006661     -0.014844       -0.142713   -0.185265   -0.006996 -0.066242   -0.007851 -0.070506  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000967 -0.002168 -0.004372 -0.001532 -0.004614 -0.004614 -0.004990 -0.041346 -0.041346 -0.007666 -0.053897 -0.014379 -0.002302 -0.019604   -0.002566 -0.020787  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014731           -0.185018   -0.006945 -0.066048   -0.007799 -0.070312  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.014677           -0.184781       -0.068157 -0.007736 -0.070085 -0.068213
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014379         -0.023732 -0.182890 -0.049064 -0.006708 -0.064715 -0.067002 -0.007535 -0.069006 -0.068167
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014725           -0.184981 -0.049913 -0.006937 -0.066001 -0.068302 -0.007789 -0.070267 -0.069482
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