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

For BClF2 (Chlorodifluoroborane)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000652 -0.009415 -0.016924 -0.006131 -0.020468 -0.020468 -0.021871 -0.104389 -0.104389 -0.040056 -0.162976 -0.077339 -0.012653 -0.073406 -0.015414 -0.081531
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000205 -0.002818 -0.005061 -0.001839 -0.006098 -0.006098 -0.006510 -0.029819 -0.029819 -0.011817 -0.046913 -0.022201 -0.003774 -0.021474 -0.004601 -0.023782
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019548           -0.163473   -0.011562 -0.072619 -0.014324 -0.081240
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019197         -0.037475 -0.161780 -0.077899 -0.011293 -0.071562 -0.014004 -0.080146
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019539           -0.163445 -0.078584 -0.011554 -0.072604 -0.014312 -0.081224
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ