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

For CH2CHCH2CH3 (1-Butene)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001823 -0.006585 -0.006585 -0.005303 -0.018968 -0.020369 -0.020638 -0.074161 -0.075267 -0.032020 -0.087923 -0.068002 -0.010339 -0.063179 -0.011728 -0.074386
MP3=FULL         -0.018784   -0.020459       -0.091547 -0.071297 -0.009785 -0.065232    
MP4=FULL         -0.018863       -0.078754   -0.092475   -0.009760 -0.065668    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000552 -0.001974 -0.001974 -0.001586 -0.005617 -0.006019 -0.006098 -0.021242 -0.021574 -0.009332 -0.025326 -0.019502 -0.003087 -0.018347 -0.003499 -0.021534
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.018819               -0.009705 -0.065544 -0.011079  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.018601         -0.032093 -0.091371 -0.071230 -0.009557 -0.064973 -0.010915 -0.077286
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.018826           -0.061384 -0.071706 -0.009706 -0.065545 -0.011080 -0.042254
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ