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

For PH3+ (Phosphine 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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001817 -0.005626 -0.012528 -0.003348 -0.010193 -0.011199 -0.011947 -0.123285 -0.123907 -0.019234 -0.166274 -0.029678 -0.007644 -0.043425 -0.052816 -0.008707 -0.046740 -0.054217 -0.008899 -0.048307
MP3=FULL         -0.009915   -0.012643       -0.165393 -0.029425 -0.007269 -0.043034         -0.008509 -0.047954
MP4=FULL   -0.005383     -0.010035       -0.124091   -0.166937   -0.007397 -0.043938   -0.008473 -0.047307   -0.008667 -0.048907
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000588 -0.001759 -0.003876 -0.001046 -0.003143 -0.003438 -0.003665 -0.035843 -0.036030 -0.005880 -0.048536 -0.008881 -0.002366 -0.013068   -0.002688 -0.014016   -0.002746 -0.014475
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.010019           -0.166846   -0.007376 -0.043884   -0.008450 -0.047245   -0.008643 -0.048846
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.010003   -0.011768       -0.166711   -0.007355 -0.043782 -0.053782 -0.008424 -0.047140   -0.008616  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009795         -0.018474 -0.165282 -0.029386 -0.007164 -0.042991 -0.052830 -0.008210 -0.046336   -0.008399 -0.047920
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010019           -0.166822 -0.029923 -0.007375 -0.043865 -0.053873 -0.008447 -0.047225 -0.055256 -0.008640 -0.048826
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