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

For HBBH (Diborane(2))

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001044 -0.002351 -0.002351 -0.002425 -0.009268 -0.009530 -0.009675 -0.034284 -0.034483 -0.011283 -0.039199 -0.031264 -0.003431 -0.024063 -0.048645 -0.004085 -0.030961 -0.049992 -0.004269 -0.031968
MP3=FULL         -0.009502   -0.009920       -0.041699 -0.033586 -0.003342 -0.025228         -0.004195 -0.033926
MP4=FULL   -0.002331     -0.009528       -0.036988   -0.042076   -0.003313 -0.025379   -0.003984 -0.033039   -0.004167 -0.034142
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000322 -0.000724 -0.000724 -0.000743 -0.002792 -0.002868 -0.002912 -0.009939 -0.010008 -0.003379 -0.011434 -0.009062 -0.001051 -0.007117   -0.001248 -0.009079   -0.001304 -0.009368
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009506           -0.042058   -0.003291 -0.025348   -0.003959 -0.033000   -0.004142 -0.034104
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009506   -0.009924       -0.042056   -0.003284 -0.025343 -0.052229 -0.003952 -0.032993 -0.053683 -0.004134 -0.034098
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009394         -0.011292 -0.041667 -0.033613 -0.003231 -0.025109 -0.051758 -0.003889 -0.032762 -0.053194 -0.004068 -0.033855
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009507           -0.042053 -0.033813 -0.003291 -0.025348 -0.052228 -0.003959 -0.033001 -0.053671 -0.004141 -0.034105
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ