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

For NaS (Sodium sulfide)

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 aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.040783 -0.006139 -0.014285 -0.004527 -0.012528 -0.012528 -0.013300   -0.251303 -0.028547 -0.102837 -0.007583 -0.045805 -0.072116 -0.009069 -0.048508 -0.080224 -0.113644
MP3=FULL         -0.011781   -0.012531       -0.101849 -0.006860 -0.044989         -0.112292
MP4=FULL   -0.005811     -0.012021       -0.252275     -0.007033 -0.046317   -0.008524 -0.049164    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.013565 -0.001959 -0.004451 -0.001475 -0.003932 -0.003932 -0.004172 -0.074885 -0.074885 -0.008942 -0.031746 -0.002402 -0.014157   -0.002909 -0.015000   -0.033933
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012039             -0.007037 -0.046299   -0.008510 -0.049125   -0.114048
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.012000   -0.012766         -0.007006 -0.046123 -0.072905 -0.008453 -0.048927 -0.080033 -0.113760
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011729         -0.026975 -0.103365 -0.006803 -0.045186 -0.071593 -0.008219 -0.047947 -0.079856 -0.112365
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012029           -0.105296 -0.007030 -0.046261 -0.073091 -0.008497 -0.049081 -0.081516  
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 aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z