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

For MgF+ (magnesium fluoride 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.016622 -0.005294 -0.007178 -0.003654 -0.007628 -0.007628 -0.009133 -0.145079 -0.145079 -0.012499 -0.088895 -0.004966 -0.029522 -0.059400 -0.006241 -0.034358 -0.061806 -0.029522
MP3=FULL         -0.007406   -0.008939       -0.089768 -0.004691 -0.029476          
MP4=FULL   -0.005178     -0.007671       -0.146617     -0.004838 -0.030383   -0.006144 -0.035625    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.005571 -0.001713 -0.002334 -0.001183 -0.002441 -0.002441 -0.002913 -0.043114 -0.043114 -0.003913 -0.026780 -0.001570 -0.009074   -0.001990 -0.010519    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.007687             -0.004845 -0.030466   -0.006169 -0.035768    
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.007662   -0.009238         -0.004828 -0.030380 -0.062121 -0.006158 -0.035705 -0.064687  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.007515         -0.012450 -0.090788 -0.004738 -0.029781 -0.061200 -0.006040 -0.035093 -0.063748  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007681           -0.091833 -0.004840 -0.030437 -0.062184 -0.006166 -0.035742 -0.064736  
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z