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

For C3H5OH (Cyclopropanol)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001507 -0.006853 -0.006853 -0.005115 -0.017137 -0.018192 -0.018635 -0.074933 -0.075796 -0.032577 -0.068465 -0.010034 -0.061188 -0.011894 -0.071289
MP3=FULL         -0.016744   -0.018248       -0.071287 -0.009394 -0.062599    
MP4=FULL   -0.006502     -0.016825       -0.078656     -0.009375 -0.062941 -0.011214  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000454 -0.002038 -0.002038 -0.001520 -0.005051 -0.005353 -0.005483 -0.021367 -0.021624 -0.009451 -0.019547 -0.002972 -0.017709 -0.003522 -0.020571
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016772             -0.009318   -0.011148  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016585         -0.032545 -0.071183 -0.009192 -0.062296 -0.011002  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016776           -0.072651 -0.009319      
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