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

For C2Br4 (tetrabromoethene)

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 -0.000981 -0.017156 -0.045484 -0.046798 -0.122789 -0.122789 -0.127058 -1.616333 -1.616333 -0.357812 -1.815429 -0.298181 -0.037747 -0.215466 -0.047673 -0.244403
MP4=FULL   -0.016373     -0.119301       -1.523697   -1.711548   -0.035854 -0.208504 -0.045791  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000307 -0.005197 -0.013871 -0.013804 -0.037552 -0.037552 -0.038806 -0.474294 -0.474294 -0.109736 -0.532903 -0.088318 -0.011595 -0.064456 -0.014590 -0.072730
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.118161               -0.035107 -0.202460 -0.044738  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.115595         -0.332225 -1.665481 -0.266583 -0.033466 -0.195553 -0.042663  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.118074             -0.273879   -0.202121 -0.044653  
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