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

For BH3NH3 (borane ammonia)

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 -0.000929 -0.003092 -0.003092 -0.002516 -0.008128 -0.009089 -0.009261 -0.036256 -0.036868 -0.016010 -0.043136 -0.033520 -0.004922 -0.030628 -0.056576 -0.005789 -0.035593 -0.057839 -0.005914 -0.036361
MP3=FULL         -0.008054   -0.014449         -0.035243 -0.004673 -0.031696            
MP4=FULL   -0.002974     -0.008099       -0.038673       -0.004649 -0.031907   -0.005523 -0.037356      
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000284 -0.000928 -0.000928 -0.000756 -0.002419 -0.002695 -0.002746 -0.010390 -0.010573 -0.004666 -0.012427 -0.009616 -0.001468 -0.008898   -0.001729 -0.010318   -0.001767 -0.010537
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008091               -0.004627 -0.031857   -0.005497 -0.037306      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007999         -0.016173       -0.031574 -0.059168 -0.005421 -0.036999      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008093             -0.035437 -0.004627 -0.031857 -0.059686 -0.005497 -0.037305 -0.061034    
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