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

For GaP (Gallium monophosphide)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.005336 -0.008914 -0.023208 -0.016480 -0.037398 -0.037398 -0.038517 -0.536051 -0.536051 -0.102790 -0.171804 -0.014412 -0.090310 -0.127327 -0.016444 -0.093845 -0.129674
MP3=FULL         -0.036452   -0.037525       -0.137296 -0.012773 -0.079762        
MP4=FULL   -0.008599     -0.038856       -0.524154     -0.014102 -0.091230   -0.016175 -0.094690  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.002001 -0.002805 -0.007289 -0.005295 -0.012697 -0.012697 -0.013053 -0.162922 -0.162922 -0.034246 -0.052087 -0.004635 -0.027685   -0.005266 -0.028724  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.038540             -0.013755 -0.086420   -0.015752 -0.089659  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.038165   -0.039282         -0.013450 -0.084119   -0.015385 -0.091631  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.036919         -0.096993 -0.149656 -0.012966 -0.082925   -0.014848 -0.086092 -0.117640
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.038483           -0.152594 -0.013722 -0.086157   -0.015709 -0.089390 -0.121400
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