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

For AlF3 (Aluminum trifluoride)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.006668 -0.010156 -0.015082 -0.006771 -0.016115 -0.016115 -0.020065 -0.180402 -0.180402 -0.033699 -0.225370 -0.225370 -0.121227 -0.012093 -0.103496 -0.143017 -0.014671 -0.112951 -0.160416 -0.032177 -0.139733 -0.309330 -0.473813
MP3=FULL         -0.015426   -0.019435                                
MP4=FULL -0.006415 -0.009650 -0.015020 -0.006424 -0.015908 -0.015908 -0.020013 -0.182070 -0.182070 -0.034101 -0.229484 -0.229484 -0.124451 -0.011570 -0.105284 -0.146708 -0.014237 -0.115067 -0.164147 -0.033190 -0.143572 -0.316346 -0.484640
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.006230 -0.009451 -0.014697 -0.006245 -0.015516 -0.015516 -0.019543 -0.181077 -0.181077 -0.033391 -0.227324 -0.227324 -0.123150 -0.011323 -0.103710 -0.145402 -0.013920 -0.113613 -0.162744 -0.032642 -0.141152 -0.315203 -0.480545
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.006536 -0.009628 -0.015024 -0.006391 -0.015863 -0.015863 -0.019966 -0.182024 -0.182024 -0.034042 -0.229393 -0.229393 -0.124349 -0.011555 -0.105187 -0.146873 -0.014217 -0.115039 -0.164336 -0.033165 -0.143341 -0.316259 -0.484396
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ