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

For GaCl3 (Gallium trichloride)

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 -0.003658 -0.017039 -0.046768 -0.021727 -0.058358 -0.058358 -0.061551 -0.556121 -0.556121 -0.154199 -0.737759 -0.223143 -0.027885 -0.156958 -0.271087 -0.034410 -0.168901 -0.282467
MP4=FULL   -0.015950     -0.057916       -0.544315       -0.026000 -0.154094   -0.032559 -0.165880  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001773 -0.005262 -0.014298 -0.007261 -0.019498 -0.019498 -0.020534 -0.169063 -0.169063 -0.050500 -0.223460 -0.066994 -0.008696 -0.047338   -0.010705 -0.050877  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.057883           -0.697511   -0.025629 -0.148851   -0.031975 -0.160016  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.055907         -0.143708 -0.685388 -0.199157 -0.024454 -0.144178   -0.030505 -0.155159  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.057833           -0.696877 -0.202735 -0.025589 -0.148563   -0.031904 -0.159712  
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