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

For CH2CH2Cl (2-chloroethyl radical)

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 -0.000849 -0.007577 -0.015043 -0.005252 -0.019194 -0.019927 -0.020636 -0.085879 -0.086478 -0.035509 -0.139118 -0.061070 -0.011020 -0.064340 -0.012946 -0.072600
MP3=FULL         -0.018216   -0.019633       -0.137961 -0.061627 -0.009945 -0.063397    
MP4=FULL   -0.007138     -0.018437       -0.088099   -0.139731   -0.010110 -0.064403 -0.012028 -0.073161
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000259 -0.002295 -0.004525 -0.001587 -0.005721 -0.005931 -0.006143 -0.024681 -0.024859 -0.010456 -0.040254 -0.017692 -0.003315 -0.018903 -0.003889 -0.021226
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.018378           -0.139398   -0.010054 -0.064200 -0.011945 -0.072918
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.018049         -0.033192 -0.137778 -0.061546 -0.009792 -0.063180 -0.011627  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.018374             -0.062219 -0.010048 -0.064178 -0.011932 -0.072894
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