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

For PH4 (Phosphoranyl radical)

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 -0.001992 -0.005863 -0.012907 -0.003515 -0.010485 -0.011659 -0.012358 -0.123528 -0.124291 -0.020204 -0.167141 -0.030270 -0.008126 -0.045451 -0.053760 -0.009693 -0.050743 -0.055551 -0.009836 -0.051968
MP3=FULL         -0.010112   -0.011954       -0.165840 -0.029895 -0.007655 -0.044854         -0.009331 -0.051408
MP4=FULL   -0.005558     -0.010241       -0.124377   -0.167566   -0.007783 -0.045811   -0.009375 -0.051181   -0.009518 -0.052420
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000642 -0.001829 -0.003987 -0.001095 -0.003228 -0.003567 -0.003779 -0.035915 -0.036143 -0.006159 -0.048802 -0.009056 -0.002501 -0.013645   -0.002981 -0.015144   -0.003024 -0.015504
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010218           -0.167411   -0.007738 -0.045714   -0.009329 -0.051063   -0.009472 -0.052298
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.010204   -0.012050       -0.167246   -0.007715 -0.045602 -0.054560 -0.009294 -0.050944   -0.009436 -0.051411
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009965         -0.019153 -0.165713 -0.029824 -0.007511 -0.044757 -0.053427 -0.009051 -0.050073 -0.055140 -0.009190 -0.051301
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010222           -0.167386 -0.030405 -0.007740 -0.045698 -0.054554 -0.009327 -0.051045 -0.056295 -0.009470 -0.052280
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