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

For CH3SH2+ (protonated methylsulfide)

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 cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001424 -0.006842 -0.014534 -0.004485 -0.015256 -0.016568 -0.017157 -0.138671 -0.139522 -0.029219 -0.046050 -0.010310 -0.053448 -0.012374 -0.060281 -0.057665 -0.118436 -0.125163 -0.214979 -0.346372
MP3=FULL         -0.014526   -0.016391       -0.046079 -0.009483 -0.052707     -0.055837 -0.117270 -0.124216 -0.214667 -0.346429
MP4=FULL   -0.006449     -0.014693       -0.139844     -0.009637 -0.053609 -0.011695 -0.060728 -0.056197 -0.118701   -0.215131 -0.348499
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000447 -0.002094 -0.004415 -0.001370 -0.004592 -0.004969 -0.005146 -0.039928 -0.040181 -0.008710 -0.013476 -0.003124 -0.015818 -0.003746 -0.017768 -0.016970 -0.034703 -0.036614 -0.061502 -0.099037
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014652             -0.009588 -0.053472 -0.011639 -0.060574 -0.056102 -0.118453 -0.125476 -0.215019 -0.348137
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014348         -0.027460 -0.045966 -0.009322 -0.052505 -0.011321 -0.059542 -0.055460 -0.116932 -0.123881 -0.213970 -0.345375
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014651           -0.046620 -0.009584 -0.053455 -0.011632 -0.060555 -0.056095 -0.118428 -0.125447 -0.215012 -0.348120
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 cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ