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

For H2Ar (H2 Ar dimer)

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 -0.003471 -0.010325 -0.002189 -0.008949 -0.008951 -0.009572 -0.053536 -0.053537 -0.019093 -0.024923 -0.005358 -0.031990 -0.063883 -0.006297 -0.033377 -0.064571
MP3=FULL         -0.008063   -0.008660       -0.023792 -0.004573 -0.029876        
MP4=FULL   -0.003158     -0.008176       -0.053521     -0.004685 -0.030486   -0.005599 -0.031887  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000000 -0.001050 -0.003082 -0.000660 -0.002667 -0.002667 -0.002851 -0.015342 -0.015342 -0.005659 -0.007259 -0.001612 -0.009454   -0.001884 -0.009830  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008183             -0.004690 -0.030443   -0.005591 -0.031831  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL             -0.008769             -0.061869     -0.062553
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008006         -0.016685 -0.023803 -0.004540 -0.029814 -0.060982 -0.005399 -0.031155 -0.061644
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008179           -0.024160 -0.004686 -0.030427 -0.062018 -0.005582 -0.031812 -0.062705
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