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Bond Length differences between FULL (all electrons correlated) and FROZEN core

Such as MP2=Frozen and MP2=Full
17 10 27 16 27

For Na2 atoms 1 and 2

For Na2 (Sodium diatomic)
Bond length differences (full - frozen) in Å. Mouse over a difference for the bond length with full correlation.
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL 0.0091 0.0012 0.0116 0.0024 0.0170 0.0170 0.0178 0.0496 0.0496 0.1765 0.1230 0.1229 0.0211 -0.0044 0.0962 0.2104 0.0114 0.1131 0.9401 0.0377 0.0946 0.1008 0.0120 0.0998
MP3=FULL         -0.0109   -0.0097                             0.0906    
MP4=FULL   0.0009 0.0118 0.0023 0.0164 0.0162 0.0169 0.0505 0.0499 0.1950 0.1243 0.1243 0.0178 -0.0053 0.1036 0.2163 0.0112 0.1220 1.2211 0.0310 0.0873 0.0946    
B2PLYP=FULL 0.0026 0.0001 0.0288 0.0006 0.0043 0.0045 0.0045 0.0174 0.0174 0.0576 0.0406   0.0064 -0.0010 0.0307   0.0053 0.0373       0.0332 0.0042 0.0327
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         0.0147   0.0161       0.1168     -0.0068 0.1031 0.2167 0.0103 0.1220 1.2240     0.0864 0.0109 0.1067
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL 0.0144 0.0005 0.0095 0.0016 0.0148 0.0146 0.0154 0.0416 0.0416 0.1866 0.1113 0.1112 0.0131 -0.0059 0.0996 0.2128 0.0101 0.1182 0.9436 0.0272   0.0821 0.0107 0.1032
CCSD(T)=FULL 0.0134 0.0005 0.0092 0.0016 0.0146 0.0149 0.0163 0.0451 0.0452 0.1923 0.1158 0.1155 0.0123 -0.0066 0.1029 0.2168 0.0102 0.1220 1.2245 0.0257 0.0784 0.0859 0.0108 0.1063
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ

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