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

For BH4 (borohydride)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000651 -0.001215 -0.001215 -0.001243 -0.004522 -0.005016 -0.005088 -0.017212 -0.017419 -0.005214 -0.016007 -0.002052 -0.014048 -0.026148 -0.002508 -0.016901 -0.026698
MP3=FULL         -0.004633   -0.005203       -0.017162 -0.002000 -0.014789        
MP4=FULL   -0.001187     -0.004657       -0.018670     -0.001986 -0.014903   -0.002449 -0.018072  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000201 -0.000373 -0.000373 -0.000380 -0.001362 -0.001505 -0.001528 -0.004987 -0.005053 -0.001561 -0.004639 -0.000626 -0.004135   -0.000765 -0.004949  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004654             -0.001976 -0.014895   -0.002438 -0.018062  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004656   -0.005217         -0.001974 -0.014895 -0.028088 -0.002436 -0.018061 -0.028370
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004604         -0.005234 -0.017188 -0.001945 -0.014764 -0.027851 -0.002401 -0.017920 -0.028436
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004655           -0.017283 -0.001975 -0.014893 -0.028086 -0.002438 -0.018059 -0.028674
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