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

For C6H10 (3-Hexyne)

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 -0.002743 -0.010059 -0.010059 -0.008130 -0.029136 -0.030930 -0.031421 -0.111724 -0.113175 -0.050026 -0.102143 -0.015625 -0.094313 -0.017913 -0.111881
MP3=FULL         -0.028880   -0.031190       -0.107549 -0.014805 -0.097401    
MP4=FULL   -0.009669     -0.029000       -0.118413     -0.014747 -0.097986 -0.017028  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000831 -0.003017 -0.003017 -0.002448 -0.008635 -0.009149 -0.009293 -0.032029 -0.032450 -0.014599 -0.029385 -0.004672 -0.027421 -0.005350 -0.032407
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.028929             -0.014661   -0.016928  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.028603         -0.050272 -0.107275 -0.014447 -0.096984 -0.016684  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.028940           -0.107969 -0.014663 -0.097825 -0.016930  
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