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

For BH4- (borohydride anion)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000677 -0.001209 -0.001209 -0.001244 -0.004607 -0.005104 -0.005177 -0.017326 -0.017498 -0.005567 -0.020099 -0.016062 -0.002128 -0.015595 -0.026200 -0.002636 -0.017513 -0.026766 -0.015595
MP3=FULL         -0.004722   -0.019305       -0.021336 -0.017206 -0.002061 -0.016474          
MP4=FULL   -0.001188     -0.004763       -0.018756   -0.021610   -0.002050 -0.016618   -0.002564 -0.018749    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000210 -0.000372 -0.000372 -0.000381 -0.001388 -0.001531 -0.001553 -0.005023 -0.005078 -0.001661 -0.005867 -0.004657 -0.000648 -0.004558   -0.000802 -0.005117    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004763           -0.021589   -0.002039 -0.016592   -0.002550 -0.018726    
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004767           -0.021586       -0.028365 -0.002548 -0.018727    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004711         -0.005612 -0.021373 -0.017241 -0.002005 -0.016438 -0.027888 -0.002507 -0.018561 -0.028490  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004764           -0.021582 -0.017343 -0.002039 -0.016590 -0.028153 -0.002549 -0.018724 -0.028759  
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z