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

For SF6 (Sulfur Hexafluoride)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001597 -0.017602 -0.025249 -0.010933 -0.030559 -0.030559 -0.033758 -0.234149 -0.234149 -0.061535 -0.308080 -0.133409 -0.021324 -0.118131 -0.249461 -0.028011 -0.133357 -0.254229 -0.180628 -0.029497 -0.146371
MP3=FULL         -0.028956   -0.072250       -0.309133 -0.134573 -0.019688 -0.116454           -0.027881 -0.145821
MP4=FULL   -0.016056     -0.029216       -0.235066   -0.311459   -0.019722 -0.117345   -0.026340 -0.133027       -0.146210
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000473 -0.004939 -0.007495 -0.003214 -0.008997 -0.008995 -0.009913 -0.066568 -0.066568 -0.018003 -0.088087 -0.037850 -0.006252 -0.034092   -0.008220 -0.038453     -0.008652 -0.042084
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                     -0.311002   -0.019710 -0.117262   -0.026364 -0.132995       -0.146279
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.028754         -0.059563 -0.308344 -0.134249 -0.019407 -0.115887 -0.251404 -0.026057 -0.131657   -0.179053 -0.027498  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.029203           -0.310989 -0.135200 -0.019739 -0.117316   -0.026411 -0.133064   -0.181121    
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ