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

For BeC (Beryllium Carbide)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000521 -0.002114 -0.002114 -0.001861   -0.007616 -0.007801   -0.032542 -0.008502 -0.029195 -0.002487 -0.020128 -0.046556 -0.003173 -0.025484 -0.047407
MP3=FULL         -0.007836   -0.008026       -0.031601 -0.002432 -0.021068        
MP4=FULL   -0.002157     -0.007841       -0.035063     -0.002407 -0.021155   -0.003097 -0.027313  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000177 -0.000731 -0.000731 -0.000653 -0.002287 -0.002287 -0.002347 -0.009427 -0.009427 -0.002533 -0.008449 -0.000769 -0.005950   -0.000980 -0.007493  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007721             -0.002389 -0.020915   -0.003069 -0.027073  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007712   -0.007901         -0.002383 -0.020883 -0.049830 -0.003058 -0.027040 -0.050748
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007651           -0.031630 -0.002344 -0.020780 -0.049493 -0.003024 -0.026929 -0.050408
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007717           -0.031745 -0.002388 -0.020906 -0.049837 -0.003067 -0.027063 -0.050754
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ