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

For C4H8S (Thiophene, tetrahydro-)

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 -0.002476 -0.012024 -0.019878 -0.008736 -0.030361 -0.031837 -0.032683 -0.195126 -0.196289 -0.058066 -0.255515 -0.097488 -0.017468 -0.100053 -0.021042 -0.117290
MP3=FULL         -0.029286   -0.031592       -0.255778 -0.099804 -0.016079 -0.100412    
MP4=FULL                         -0.016298 -0.102352 -0.019871  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000761 -0.003643 -0.006012 -0.002638 -0.009049 -0.009472 -0.009727 -0.056093 -0.056439 -0.017065 -0.073815 -0.028224 -0.005260 -0.029328 -0.006327 -0.034249
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.029511               -0.016181      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029029         -0.056320 -0.255418 -0.099690 -0.015812 -0.100125 -0.019285 -0.118436
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