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

For CFClCClF (trans-1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethylene)

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 -0.001036 -0.015915 -0.030936 -0.010377 -0.035273 -0.035273 -0.037620 -0.173770 -0.173770 -0.069724 -0.122905 -0.021447 -0.123048 -0.025748 -0.138229
MP3=FULL         -0.032899   -0.035176       -0.122814 -0.019129 -0.119638    
MP4=FULL   -0.014802     -0.033433       -0.175571     -0.019522 -0.121455 -0.023777 -0.137287
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000314 -0.004773 -0.009264 -0.003109 -0.010493 -0.010493 -0.011181 -0.049726 -0.049726 -0.020539 -0.035410 -0.006415 -0.036093 -0.007692 -0.040384
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.033261             -0.019400 -0.121114 -0.023608 -0.136929
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.032634         -0.064587 -0.122621 -0.018904 -0.119177 -0.023016 -0.134941
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.033257           -0.123944 -0.019392 -0.172130 -0.023591 -0.136904
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