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

For LiF+ (lithium fluoride 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(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000243 -0.002023 -0.002023 -0.001165 -0.002460 -0.002460 -0.002998 -0.031238 -0.031238 -0.006021 -0.036294 -0.029566 -0.002137 -0.023778 -0.045671 -0.002814 -0.024886 -0.046682 -0.023778 -0.006480 -0.026091
MP3=FULL         -0.002266   -0.006245       -0.038525 -0.031563 -0.001963 -0.025361           -0.006863 -0.027864
MP4=FULL   -0.001889     -0.002300       -0.033614   -0.038859   -0.001971 -0.025694   -0.002665 -0.026888     -0.006898 -0.028181
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000084 -0.000602 -0.000597 -0.000345 -0.000731 -0.000730 -0.000895 -0.008995 -0.008995 -0.001779 -0.010456 -0.008550 -0.000623 -0.006996   -0.000837 -0.007332     -0.001924 -0.007688
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.002285           -0.038913   -0.001962 -0.025755   -0.002656 -0.026950     -0.006910 -0.028245
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.002261         -0.005864 -0.038773 -0.031868 -0.001943 -0.025651 -0.048441 -0.002643 -0.026849 -0.049584   -0.006909 -0.028146
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.002284           -0.038915 -0.031927 -0.001961 -0.025756 -0.048658 -0.002657 -0.026952 -0.049799   -0.006913 -0.028247
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