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

For HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

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 -0.001119 -0.006794 -0.006794 -0.004806 -0.015761 -0.016263 -0.016871 -0.074661 -0.075095 -0.032399 -0.089462 -0.068203 -0.009319 -0.057326 -0.010949 -0.066931
MP3=FULL         -0.015335   -0.016452       -0.092554 -0.070851 -0.008701 -0.058577    
MP4=FULL   -0.006434     -0.015354       -0.077700   -0.093203   -0.008658 -0.058708 -0.010274 -0.069045
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000337 -0.002015 -0.002015 -0.001425 -0.004658 -0.004801 -0.004979 -0.021259 -0.021389 -0.009425 -0.025620 -0.019438 -0.002761 -0.016640 -0.003245 -0.019363
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.015313           -0.092368   -0.008611 -0.058667 -0.010219 -0.069025
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.015141         -0.032564 -0.092162 -0.070698 -0.008489 -0.058153 -0.010079 -0.068513
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.015321           -0.093031 -0.071123 -0.008614 -0.058678 -0.010223 -0.032451
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