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

For CHClCH3 (1-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 -0.000870 -0.007548 -0.015031 -0.005224 -0.019308 -0.020033 -0.020752 -0.085956 -0.086556 -0.035886 -0.139384 -0.061112 -0.011148 -0.064560 -0.012985 -0.072950
MP3=FULL         -0.018325   -0.019743       -0.138236 -0.061668 -0.010063 -0.063593    
MP4=FULL   -0.007114     -0.018555       -0.088182   -0.140020   -0.010239   -0.012062  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000266 -0.002286 -0.004523 -0.001579 -0.005758 -0.005965 -0.006181 -0.024713 -0.024893 -0.010596 -0.040350 -0.017715 -0.003359 -0.018981 -0.003908 -0.021370
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.018499           -0.139693   -0.010186   -0.011986  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.018170         -0.033569 -0.138063 -0.061605 -0.009922 -0.063394 -0.011670  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.018495           -0.140363 -0.062280 -0.010180   -0.011974  
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