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

For CaS (Calcium sulfide)

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-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.004925 -0.006657 -0.017467 -0.003269 -0.010695 -0.010695 -0.011313 -0.228315 -0.228315 -0.020632 -0.297101 -0.058887 -0.091883 -0.202897 -0.139696 -0.268237 -0.413186 -0.678457
MP3=FULL         -0.009806   -0.010405       -0.289012 -0.059854 -0.097140 -0.211179 -0.143406 -0.275657 -0.422044 -0.688566
MP4=FULL   -0.006571     -0.010159       -0.225014   -0.291881   -0.100144 -0.217040 -0.146568 -0.282088 -0.426874 -0.701982
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001592 -0.002060 -0.005436 -0.001001 -0.003244 -0.003244 -0.003431 -0.065186 -0.065186 -0.006219 -0.085262 -0.017868 -0.030085 -0.065603 -0.044056 -0.084594 -0.124677 -0.202971
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009954           -0.291454   -0.101598 -0.217418 -0.148200 -0.282485 -0.427788 -0.701380
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009802   -0.010424       -0.291163   -0.100119 -0.216257        
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009651         -0.018469 -0.288656 -0.059938 -0.098844 -0.211828 -0.144965 -0.276275 -0.421943 -0.687343
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009940           -0.291402 -0.061312 -0.101408 -0.216957 -0.147924 -0.281998 -0.427326 -0.700715
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-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ