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

For B2H6+ (Diborane 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 -0.001375 -0.002514 -0.002514 -0.002611 -0.009728 -0.010501 -0.010635 -0.034998 -0.035586 -0.013311 -0.041215 -0.032115 -0.004499 -0.030847 -0.052945 -0.005591 -0.035856 -0.054607 -0.005870 -0.036738
MP3=FULL         -0.009920   -0.010842       -0.043687 -0.034392 -0.004170 -0.032574            
MP4=FULL   -0.002466     -0.009986       -0.038126   -0.044193   -0.004159 -0.032859   -0.005454 -0.038353   -0.005722 -0.039300
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000432 -0.000790 -0.000790 -0.000804 -0.002906 -0.003135 -0.003169 -0.010151 -0.010321 -0.003911 -0.011995 -0.009313 -0.001329 -0.009034   -0.001639 -0.010434   -0.001704 -0.010702
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009928           -0.044114   -0.004152 -0.031509   -0.005219 -0.037146   -0.005436 -0.038223
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009932   -0.010703       -0.043671   -0.004831 -0.032993   -0.003877 -0.038414   -0.001779  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009630         -0.012484 -0.043144 -0.034345 -0.004067     -0.005120 -0.037685      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009934           -0.044107 -0.034663 -0.004151 -0.031518 -0.057059 -0.005217 -0.038241 -0.068032 -0.005432 -0.028425
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