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

For AlN (Aluminum nitride)

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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.006816 -0.006280 -0.012095 -0.004522 -0.012424 -0.012424 -0.014014 -0.143626 -0.143626 -0.024595 -0.006959 -0.075321 -0.064478 -0.007967   -0.031058 -0.114476 -0.235880 -0.362634
MP3=FULL         -0.012189   -0.021366                        
B2PLYP=FULL         -0.003885   -0.004380                        
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012177           -0.006683 -0.076958   -0.007718 -0.081127 -0.025404 -0.106364 -0.233331 -0.356709
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ