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

For SSCl2 (Thiothionyl chloride)

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 -0.001430 -0.019792 -0.050644 -0.012215 -0.041985 -0.041985 -0.044533 -0.339290 -0.339290 -0.083174 -0.524425 -0.112006 -0.025782 -0.139515 -0.245041 -0.030657 -0.149230 -0.248368 -0.416503 -0.032133 -0.153024
MP3=FULL         -0.038459   -0.040905       -0.511857 -0.107957 -0.022564 -0.132713         -0.405325 -0.028556 -0.146183
MP4=FULL   -0.018226     -0.039290       -0.337791   -0.518705   -0.023300 -0.136139   -0.028175 -0.145906   -0.411794 -0.029624 -0.149732
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000460 -0.006052 -0.015309 -0.003719 -0.012661 -0.012661 -0.013428 -0.097810 -0.097810 -0.024874 -0.152010 -0.033016 -0.007852 -0.041590   -0.009309 -0.044338   -0.121790 -0.009755 -0.045412
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.039017           -0.517155   -0.023108 -0.135473   -0.027907 -0.145190   -0.410343 -0.029354 -0.149006
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.037973         -0.074458 -0.511255 -0.107509 -0.022265 -0.132402 -0.236861 -0.026911 -0.142094 -0.240328 -0.404979 -0.028321 -0.145892
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.039029           -0.517074 -0.109583 -0.023119 -0.135445 -0.241712 -0.027902 -0.145168 -0.177544 -0.410272 -0.029345 -0.075010
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