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

For CrH+ (Chromium hydride 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 -0.057407 -0.089260 -0.089260 -0.095311 -0.149469 -0.150213 -0.178493 -0.397607 -0.398444 -0.212223 -0.492455 -0.177098 -0.184769 -0.356421   -0.196966 -0.359765  
MP3=FULL         -0.154653   -0.179654       -0.479278 -0.173648 -0.186590 -0.349036        
MP4=FULL   -0.100638     -0.159601       -0.403220   -0.495805   -0.193300 -0.363232   -0.205296 -0.366758  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.019612 -0.028314 -0.028314 -0.031156 -0.047390 -0.047572 -0.056590 -0.121634 -0.121856 -0.065683 -0.149001 -0.056463 -0.058647 -0.110296   -0.062360 -0.111292  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.158872           -0.493265   -0.192002 -0.361315   -0.204023 -0.364848  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.189770           -0.563750         -0.204281    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.155346         -0.219339 -0.482906 -0.178306 -0.187085 -0.352267 -0.434088 -0.198706 -0.355516 -0.438046
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.158777           -0.493248 -0.181534 -0.191846 -0.361234 -0.445439 -0.203852 -0.364749 -0.449519
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