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

For OPCl (Phosphorus oxychloride)

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(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001708 -0.012448 -0.027389 -0.007660 -0.024571 -0.024571 -0.026351 -0.191790 -0.191790 -0.051016 -0.286059 -0.074639 -0.015358 -0.089031 -0.145872 -0.018474 -0.095869 -0.148402 -0.112359 -0.221851 -0.228475 -0.714507 -0.715523
MP3=FULL         -0.022956   -0.024697       -0.281880 -0.073516 -0.013897 -0.086448         -0.108539 -0.218067 -0.224878 -0.714426 -0.715431
MP4=FULL   -0.011545     -0.023267       -0.191979   -0.285327   -0.014087 -0.088064   -0.017203 -0.095012   -0.109385 -0.221147 -0.227911 -0.719304 -0.720286
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000544 -0.003797 -0.008326 -0.002329 -0.007428 -0.007428 -0.007965 -0.055477 -0.055477 -0.015300 -0.083170 -0.021867 -0.004676 -0.026520   -0.005619 -0.028491   -0.033028 -0.065117 -0.067017 -0.204006 -0.204316
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.023199           -0.284632   -0.014076 -0.087887   -0.017193 -0.094868   -0.109101 -0.220527 -0.227324 -0.718194 -0.719173
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022640         -0.047379 -0.281368 -0.073201 -0.013642 -0.086069 -0.143465 -0.016683 -0.093032 -0.145980 -0.107957 -0.217574 -0.224334 -0.712419 -0.713345
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.023211           -0.284579 -0.074389 -0.014090 -0.087890 -0.146098 -0.017203   -0.148638 -0.109095 -0.220485 -0.227286 -0.718141 -0.719129
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(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ