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

For Si3H8 (trisilane)

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 aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.010558 -0.017082 -0.037597 -0.011308 -0.031320 -0.033649 -0.036462 -0.371262 -0.373139 -0.061270 -0.492278 -0.099732 -0.021707 -0.179623 -0.142333 -0.027438 -0.194982 -0.153054 -0.123870 -0.330973 -0.346231 -0.612482 -0.954889 -0.956316 -0.028352 -0.201542
MP3=FULL         -0.030497   -0.035640       -0.490102 -0.099398 -0.020604 -0.179137         -0.123708 -0.332352 -0.347784 -0.616878 -0.961658 -0.963097 -0.027153 -0.201196
MP4=FULL   -0.016370     -0.031165       -0.374584   -0.495933   -0.021161 -0.183368   -0.026972     -0.125102 -0.338653 -0.354169 -0.618614 -0.968378 -0.969879 -0.027906 -0.205646
B2PLYP=FULL -0.003489 -0.005454 -0.011816 -0.003600 -0.009803 -0.010490 -0.011357 -0.108810 -0.109380 -0.018929 -0.144704 -0.030163 -0.006852 -0.054187   -0.008595 -0.058616   -0.037294 -0.098821 -0.103185 -0.177402 -0.275911 -0.276354 -0.008875 -0.060494
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.031109           -0.495574   -0.021084 -0.183036   -0.026859     -0.124976 -0.338107 -0.353594 -0.618401 -0.967861 -0.994109 -0.027792 -0.205293
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.030276         -0.059253 -0.490282 -0.099639 -0.020387 -0.179567 -0.142593       -0.123188 -0.332603 -0.348045 -0.615669 -0.959354 -0.960759 -0.026917  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.031111           -0.495488 -0.101673 -0.021078 -0.182936 -0.145898 -0.026848 -0.158505 -0.162279 -0.124945 -0.337923 -0.353408 -0.618378 -0.967786 -0.944324 -0.027779  
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 aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ