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

For GeH3 (Germyl radical)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001356 -0.003486 -0.009877 -0.012551 -0.030113 -0.032124 -0.032739 -0.394160 -0.396695 -0.094593 -0.443380 -0.138876 -0.009844 -0.063704 -0.087909 -0.012662 -0.071937 -0.096886 -0.013398 -0.077213
MP3=FULL         -0.028930   -0.045491                          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000653 -0.001105 -0.003153 -0.003980 -0.010201 -0.010823 -0.011009 -0.119567 -0.120349 -0.031102 -0.134453 -0.041815 -0.003172 -0.019564   -0.004038 -0.021922   -0.004266 -0.023493
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.030901           -0.409784   -0.009527 -0.058516   -0.012199 -0.065798   -0.012900 -0.070604
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029725         -0.089599 -0.403104 -0.120266 -0.008967 -0.056003 -0.075873 -0.011504 -0.063266 -0.083372 -0.012163 -0.068077
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.030852           -0.409354 -0.122390 -0.009500 -0.058306 -0.078290 -0.012160 -0.065585 -0.085829 -0.012858 -0.070391
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ