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

For CH3COCCH (3-butyn-2-one)

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 -0.001782 -0.008423 -0.008423 -0.006376 -0.022116 -0.022856 -0.023536 -0.093079 -0.093726 -0.038397 -0.111100 -0.085045 -0.012021 -0.073815 -0.013951 -0.087011
MP3=FULL         -0.021761   -0.023200       -0.115338 -0.088760 -0.011308 -0.075855    
MP4=FULL   -0.008045     -0.021848       -0.097566       -0.011279 -0.076123 -0.013207 -0.090390
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000539 -0.002515 -0.002515 -0.001901 -0.006550 -0.006763 -0.006962 -0.026592 -0.026789 -0.011216 -0.031926 -0.024318 -0.003583 -0.021462 -0.004156 -0.025202
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.021778           -0.116127   -0.011213 -0.076051 -0.013131  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.021523         -0.038357 -0.114961 -0.088629 -0.011045 -0.075392 -0.012941 -0.089609
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.021788           -0.116106 -0.089197 -0.011217 -0.076063 -0.013135  
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