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

For SiC2 (Silicon dicarbide)

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 aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.003736 -0.009167 -0.016519 -0.006544 -0.020679 -0.020679 -0.022047 -0.161327 -0.161327 -0.035798 -0.208144 -0.066865 -0.010834 -0.082875 -0.097996 -0.012837 -0.090824 -0.100951 -0.414578 -0.013517 -0.093942
MP3=FULL                                     -0.419896    
MP4=FULL                                     -0.422895    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001208 -0.002855 -0.005127 -0.002025 -0.006305 -0.006305 -0.006724 -0.047049 -0.047049 -0.010844 -0.060961 -0.019686 -0.003352 -0.024830   -0.003965 -0.027107   -0.119358 -0.004172 -0.027999
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.020243           -0.210379   -0.010206 -0.084390   -0.012213 -0.092694   -0.422190 -0.012898 -0.095929
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019818         -0.034440 -0.207936 -0.068083 -0.009930 -0.082909 -0.099809 -0.011904 -0.091229 -0.102727 -0.418299 -0.012571 -0.094466
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.020252           -0.210334 -0.069079 -0.010213 -0.084371 -0.101507 -0.012222 -0.092677 -0.104462 -0.422131 -0.012906 -0.095912
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 aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ