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

For ClOF3 (Chlorine trifluoride oxide)

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 aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.125803 0.006492 -0.019969 -0.010930 -0.021566 -0.021566 -0.023788 -0.125913 -0.125913 -0.046909 -0.096865 -0.015456 -0.087474 -0.018914 -0.096516
MP3=FULL         -0.020050   -0.022239       -0.097215 -0.013993 -0.085644    
MP4=FULL   -0.139230     -0.019934       -0.126259     -0.013925 -0.085929 -0.017179  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000117 -0.003606 -0.005917 -0.002163 -0.006325 -0.006325 -0.006971 -0.035682 -0.035682 -0.013710 -0.027534 -0.004529 -0.025351 -0.005543 -0.027896
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019938             -0.013910 -0.085928 -0.017287  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019745         -0.044574 -0.096740 -0.013688 -0.084915 -0.017142  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019996           -0.097513 -0.013949 -0.086014 -0.017353  
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 aug-cc-pVTZ