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

For LiB (Lithium boride)

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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000712 -0.001440 -0.001440 -0.001481 -0.004835 -0.004835 -0.005042 -0.029913 -0.029913 -0.007858 -0.028002 -0.001871 -0.021238 -0.038847 -0.004491 -0.022964 -0.039872 -0.062279 -0.081072
MP3=FULL         -0.004922   -0.005131       -0.030817 -0.001810 -0.023360         -0.068721 -0.087246
MP4=FULL   -0.001419     -0.004911       -0.033273     -0.001768 -0.023692   -0.004629 -0.025572   -0.069347 -0.087859
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000238 -0.000458 -0.000458 -0.000468 -0.001476 -0.001476 -0.001541 -0.008801 -0.008801 -0.002391 -0.008257 -0.000592 -0.006414   -0.001388 -0.006926   -0.018011 -0.023486
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004865             -0.001736 -0.023691   -0.004572 -0.025565   -0.069379 -0.087844
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004782           -0.031037 -0.001707 -0.023479 -0.042559 -0.004555 -0.025347 -0.043692 -0.069175 -0.087444
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004865           -0.031192 -0.001735 -0.023691 -0.042932 -0.004569 -0.025564 -0.044063 -0.069379 -0.087844
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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ