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

For Ar2+ (Argon diatomic cation)

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 0.000000 -0.007142 -0.020925 -0.004606 -0.018179 -0.018179 -0.019436 -0.107469 -0.107469 -0.038403 -0.050184 -0.010859 -0.064419 -0.128103 -0.012932 -0.067220 -0.129718
MP3=FULL         -0.016486   -0.017683       -0.048022 -0.009370 -0.060374        
MP4=FULL   -0.006557     -0.016713       -0.107540     -0.009595 -0.061560   -0.011590 -0.064382  
B2PLYP=FULL 0.000000 -0.002152 -0.006240 -0.001384 -0.005416 -0.005416 -0.005786 -0.030801 -0.030801 -0.011389 -0.014619 -0.003266 -0.019037   -0.003878 -0.019831  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016714             -0.009593 -0.061443   -0.011571 -0.064243  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.016670   -0.017882         -0.009551 -0.061224 -0.124224 -0.011501 -0.064006  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016338         -0.033724 -0.047978 -0.009283 -0.060148 -0.122398 -0.011186 -0.062882 -0.123962
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016706           -0.048741 -0.009586 -0.061412 -0.124542 -0.011556 -0.064207 -0.126143
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