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

For SeF6 (Selenium 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000571 -0.015627 -0.023878 -0.020489 -0.057900 -0.057900 -0.062087   -0.482780 -0.146867 -0.177286 -0.025588 -0.134974 -0.034483 -0.159018
MP3=FULL         -0.054857   -0.059043       -0.166898 -0.023143 -0.127123    
MP4=FULL   -0.014399     -0.056702       -0.467300     -0.023709 -0.131631 -0.032323 -0.155098
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000179 -0.004563 -0.007123 -0.006075 -0.017725 -0.017725 -0.018944 -0.141203 -0.141203 -0.044824 -0.051063 -0.007598 -0.039331 -0.010222 -0.046097
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.056688             -0.023637 -0.130302    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.055415           -0.169499 -0.023076 -0.128131    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.056756           -0.171743 -0.023674 -0.130337    
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ