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

For C3H6 (Cyclopropane)


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 Sadlej_pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001425 -0.004955 -0.004955 -0.003978 -0.014262 -0.015360 -0.015521 -0.055898 -0.056774 -0.024368 -0.066532 -0.067062 -0.051186 -0.007815 -0.047593 -0.009110 -0.055469 -0.046125
MP3=FULL         -0.014090   -0.015355                      
MP4=FULL -0.001273 -0.004737 -0.004737 -0.003771 -0.014249 -0.015247 -0.015409 -0.058417 -0.059340 -0.024731 -0.069880 -0.070473 -0.053970 -0.007356 -0.049391 -0.008643 -0.057963  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.001231 -0.004622 -0.004622 -0.003671 -0.014063 -0.015038 -0.015197 -0.057958 -0.058862 -0.024421 -0.069087   -0.053577 -0.007209 -0.048867 -0.008475 -0.057390  
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.001255 -0.004700 -0.004700 -0.003736 -0.014123 -0.015211 -0.015371 -0.058331 -0.059256 -0.024677 -0.069735 -0.070330 -0.053915 -0.007314 -0.049298 -0.008596 -0.057859  
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 Sadlej_pVTZ