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

For B2Cl4 (Diboron tetrachloride)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001642 -0.020433 -0.050584 -0.013654 -0.050773 -0.050773 -0.053850 -0.232277 -0.232277 -0.099690 -0.141136 -0.029379 -0.164500 -0.035767 -0.449104 -1.379586
MP3=FULL         -0.047084   -0.060252         -0.025744        
MP4=FULL         -0.048141             -0.026645        
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000522 -0.006237 -0.015241 -0.004164 -0.015235 -0.015235 -0.016153 -0.067037 -0.067037 -0.029674 -0.041331 -0.008917 -0.048792 -0.010831   -0.392577
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.047953             -0.026484 -0.160955 -0.032725   -1.378116
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.046851           -0.138768 -0.025593 -0.157626 -0.031640    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.047917           -0.140846 -0.026451 -0.160850   -0.441748 -1.378115
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ