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

For BH3+ (boron trihydride 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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000512 -0.001100 -0.001100 -0.001136 -0.004093 -0.004348 -0.004424 -0.016666 -0.016856 -0.004339 -0.018866 -0.015304 -0.001493 -0.012073 -0.024068 -0.001822 -0.014446 -0.024687
MP3=FULL         -0.004219   -0.004559       -0.020151 -0.016489 -0.001470 -0.012771        
MP4=FULL   -0.001085     -0.004232       -0.018127   -0.020320   -0.001460 -0.012859   -0.001806 -0.015486  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000162 -0.000342 -0.000342 -0.000351 -0.001243 -0.001320 -0.001343 -0.004834 -0.004898 -0.001317 -0.005517 -0.004440 -0.000467 -0.003587   -0.000572 -0.004260  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004235           -0.020347   -0.001460 -0.012876   -0.001808 -0.015498  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004238   -0.004578       -0.020355   -0.001461 -0.012883 -0.025989 -0.001809 -0.015505 -0.026092
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004182         -0.004366 -0.020160 -0.016510 -0.001426 -0.012739 -0.025745 -0.001767 -0.015354 -0.026763
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004235           -0.020345 -0.016609 -0.001460 -0.012876 -0.025977 -0.001808 -0.015497 -0.026643
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