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

For ClOOCl (Dichlorine dioxide)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000320 -0.012442 -0.027349 -0.007612 -0.025463 -0.025463 -0.027387 -0.135592 -0.135592 -0.055309 -0.088632 -0.016208 -0.091918 -0.019376 -0.100147
MP3=FULL         -0.023319   -0.039213       -0.087315 -0.014296 -0.088272    
MP4=FULL   -0.011404     -0.023503       -0.135731     -0.014443 -0.089557 -0.017548  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000094 -0.003732 -0.008191 -0.002271 -0.007567 -0.007567 -0.008138 -0.038818 -0.038818 -0.016288 -0.025599 -0.004847 -0.027084 -0.005766 -0.029419
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.023379             -0.014355 -0.089235 -0.017417  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022911         -0.050577 -0.086812 -0.013964 -0.087531 -0.016978 -0.095953
CCSD(T)=FULL         12.246778           -0.087961 -0.014368 -0.089235 -0.017424  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ