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

For CH2CHCH3 (Propene)


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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001345 -0.004897 -0.004897 -0.003923 -0.014114 -0.015166 -0.015363 -0.055477 -0.056302 -0.022661 -0.065759 -0.066355 -0.050876 -0.007693 -0.047035 -0.008589 -0.054985 -0.047035
MP3=FULL         -0.013982                          
MP4=FULL -0.001196 -0.004700 -0.004700 -0.003736 -0.014113 -0.015083 -0.015285 -0.058050 -0.058925 -0.022968 -0.069191 -0.069853 -0.053705 -0.007263 -0.048908 -0.008159 -0.057572  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.001156 -0.004576 -0.004576 -0.003631 -0.013841 -0.014867 -0.015067 -0.057574 -0.058428 -0.022653 -0.068367 -0.069009 -0.053305 -0.007113 -0.048390 -0.007993 -0.057000  
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.001178 -0.004661 -0.004661 -0.003702 -0.014010 -0.015050 -0.015251 -0.057964 -0.058841 -0.022917 -0.069041 -0.069704 -0.053651 -0.007225 -0.048817 -0.008117 -0.057469  
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z