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

For C3H6O (Oxetane)

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 -0.001450 -0.006765 -0.006765 -0.005051 -0.017017 -0.018070 -0.018609 -0.074528 -0.075424 -0.032362 -0.068301 -0.009872 -0.060494 -0.011834 -0.071573
MP3=FULL         -0.016687   -0.018295       -0.071203 -0.009278 -0.061981    
MP4=FULL   -0.006448     -0.016757       -0.078350     -0.009251 -0.061955 -0.011193 -0.074326
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000437 -0.002012 -0.002012 -0.001501 -0.005025 -0.005326 -0.005484 -0.021250 -0.021517 -0.009388 -0.019507 -0.002924 -0.017507 -0.003505 -0.020652
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016705             -0.009148 -0.062176 -0.010911 -0.074226
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.015883   -0.018273         -0.009646   -0.011199  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016522         -0.032399 -0.071082 -0.009065 -0.061652 -0.010981 -0.073627
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016711           -0.071505 -0.009195 -0.062189 -0.011131 -0.073660
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