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

For C4H6N+ (pyrrole, protonated)

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 -0.002033 -0.008527 -0.008527 -0.006608 -0.022984 -0.024009 -0.024613 -0.093453 -0.094399 -0.041019 -0.085482 -0.012531 -0.077089 -0.014451 -0.091736
MP3=FULL         -0.022580   -0.024237       -0.089317 -0.011784 -0.079261    
MP4=FULL   -0.008168     -0.022651       -0.098411     -0.011765 -0.079707 -0.013666 -0.095570
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000614 -0.002549 -0.002549 -0.001970 -0.006796 -0.007091 -0.007268 -0.026720 -0.027003 -0.011939 -0.024467 -0.003731 -0.022377 -0.004300 -0.026522
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.022599             -0.011693 -0.079552 -0.013584 -0.095394
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022321         -0.040982 -0.089176 -0.011510 -0.078867 -0.018447 -0.096182
CCSD(T)=FULL         0.013081           -0.089775 -0.011695 -0.079559 -0.013587 -0.051555
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