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

For H2Cl+ (dihydrogen monochloride cation)

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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000195 -0.004351 -0.011730 -0.002701 -0.009861 -0.010575 -0.011108 -0.048969 -0.049401 -0.020173 -0.095474 -0.027485 -0.006731 -0.034704 -0.063433 -0.007917 -0.037667 -0.064587 -0.058697 -0.105547 -0.215112 -0.338044
MP3=FULL         -0.009060   -0.012290       -0.092901 -0.026442 -0.005970 -0.032997         -0.056101 -0.102706 -0.214242 -0.336178
MP4=FULL   -0.004021     -0.009169       -0.049272   -0.093992   -0.006106 -0.033648   -0.007268 -0.036641   -0.056373 -0.103846 -0.214653 -0.338005
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000061 -0.001325 -0.003530 -0.000822 -0.002963 -0.003164 -0.003322 -0.014118 -0.014246 -0.006021 -0.027716 -0.008071 -0.002032 -0.010307   -0.002388 -0.011152   -0.017113 -0.030757 -0.061186 -0.096150
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009169           -0.093832   -0.006095 -0.033584   -0.007250 -0.036566   -0.056344 -0.103663 -0.214603 -0.337665
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009145   -0.010356       -0.093634   -0.006065 -0.033470 -0.062222 -0.007208 -0.036444          
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008947         -0.018035 -0.092658 -0.026364 -0.005895 -0.032849 -0.061230 -0.007015 -0.035795 -0.062374 -0.055813 -0.102428 -0.213720 -0.335271
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009165           -0.093812 -0.026832 -0.006089 -0.033568 -0.062373 -0.007241 -0.036548 -0.063533 -0.056338 -0.103645 -0.214596 -0.337655
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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ