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

For SiBr (Silicon monobromide)

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 -0.002319 -0.008961 -0.023420 -0.013904 -0.038070 -0.038070 -0.039757 -0.519217 -0.519217 -0.102585 -0.607154 -0.098578 -0.013730 -0.101151 -0.123935 -0.016584 -0.106418 -0.126369
MP3=FULL         -0.035868   -0.037548       -0.555420 -0.087672 -0.012387 -0.094568        
MP4=FULL   -0.008651     -0.037007       -0.495833   -0.581292   -0.013160 -0.100465   -0.016053 -0.105665  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000764 -0.002797 -0.007260 -0.004159 -0.011729 -0.011729 -0.012241 -0.152389 -0.152389 -0.031666 -0.178404 -0.029481 -0.004283 -0.030543   -0.005156 -0.032069  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.036675           -0.573946   -0.012946 -0.098840   -0.015764 -0.103931  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.035827         -0.095402 -0.567758 -0.090227 -0.012372 -0.095956 -0.115259 -0.015052 -0.100992 -0.117550
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.036654           -0.573756 -0.092669 -0.012935 -0.098710 -0.118362 -0.015738 -0.103793 -0.120690
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