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

For Cl2H+ (Chlorine, protonated)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000273 -0.008923 -0.023750 -0.005551 -0.019946 -0.020293 -0.021489 -0.098334 -0.098555 -0.040245 -0.190918 -0.054685 -0.012411 -0.068153 -0.126005 -0.014667 -0.072577 -0.127976
MP3=FULL         -0.018285   -0.019772       -0.185429 -0.052606 -0.010895 -0.064578        
MP4=FULL   -0.008236     -0.018546       -0.098275   -0.187828   -0.011169 -0.065972   -0.013395 -0.070434  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000085 -0.002710 -0.007147 -0.001682 -0.005992 -0.006090 -0.006447 -0.028348 -0.028413 -0.012004 -0.055427 -0.016049 -0.003760 -0.020251   -0.004435 -0.021508  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.018491           -0.187350   -0.011121 -0.065738   -0.013328 -0.070170  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.018016         -0.035720 -0.184887 -0.052338 -0.010724 -0.064218 -0.121295 -0.012848 -0.068594 -0.123232
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.018487           -0.187310 -0.053309 -0.011116 -0.065710 -0.123693 -0.013316 -0.070138 -0.125660
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