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

For LiF (lithium fluoride)

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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000270 -0.002157 -0.002157 -0.001313 -0.003135 -0.003135 -0.006099 -0.032250 -0.032250 -0.006960 -0.038102 -0.029952 -0.002447 -0.025528 -0.048161 -0.007986 -0.027495 -0.050386 -0.066442 -0.092765 -0.009879 -0.029685
MP3=FULL         -0.002901   -0.023091       -0.040447 -0.031877 -0.002241 -0.027165         -0.071538 -0.097711 -0.010735 -0.031733
MP4=FULL   -0.002028     -0.002985       -0.034709   -0.040858   -0.002273 -0.027562   -0.008580 -0.029698   -0.072116 -0.098428 -0.010873 -0.032078
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000095 -0.000642 -0.000642 -0.000394 -0.000947 -0.000947 -0.001866 -0.009313 -0.009313 -0.002077 -0.011042 -0.008666 -0.000718 -0.007535   -0.002446 -0.008146   -0.018949 -0.026519 -0.003024 -0.008803
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.002959           -0.040949   -0.002258 -0.027638   -0.008661 -0.029793   -0.072176 -0.098494 -0.010923 -0.032191
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.002923         -0.006803 -0.040696 -0.032188 -0.002236 -0.027458 -0.051141 -0.008667 -0.029609 -0.053686 -0.072021 -0.098029 -0.010888 -0.032002
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.002957           -0.040945 -0.032277 -0.002256 -0.027636 -0.051499 -0.008667 -0.029792 -0.054027 -0.072172 -0.098493 -0.010922 -0.032190
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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ