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

For B5H9 (pentaborane9)

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 -0.004295 -0.007111 -0.007111 -0.007602 -0.027209 -0.028571 -0.029136 -0.090656 -0.091846 -0.048825 -0.107464 -0.081885 -0.012259 -0.082899 -0.133537 -0.015734 -0.095256 -0.138665
MP3=FULL         -0.027471   -0.029405       -0.113300 -0.087228 -0.011656 -0.087125        
MP4=FULL   -0.006891     -0.027770       -0.097985   -0.114701   -0.011725 -0.088033   -0.015170    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001331 -0.002181 -0.002181 -0.002323 -0.008152 -0.008544 -0.008712 -0.026317 -0.026681 -0.014309 -0.031320 -0.023762 -0.003739 -0.024268   -0.004782 -0.027839  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.027698           -0.114515   -0.011642     -0.015072 -0.101520  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.027355         -0.049814 -0.113402 -0.087451 -0.011445     -0.014845    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.027704           -0.114500 -0.088016 -0.011642     -0.015073    
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