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

For CFCl2 (dichlorofluoromethyl 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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000485 -0.012143 -0.027096 -0.007672 -0.027206 -0.027206 -0.028957 -0.135492 -0.135492 -0.054061 -0.236654 -0.088334 -0.016472 -0.093726 -0.183867 -0.019588 -0.102353 -0.187271 -0.020491 -0.106949
MP3=FULL         -0.025145   -0.026835       -0.231981 -0.087216 -0.014526 -0.090040         -0.018326 -0.103695
MP4=FULL   -0.011285     -0.025590       -0.136266   -0.234966   -0.014896 -0.091733   -0.017981 -0.100650   -0.018857 -0.105458
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000149 -0.003663 -0.008135 -0.002311 -0.008118 -0.008118 -0.008636 -0.038871 -0.038871 -0.015992 -0.068409 -0.025598 -0.004953 -0.027626   -0.005881 -0.030068   -0.006149 -0.031377
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.025476           -0.234395   -0.014817 -0.091434   -0.017859 -0.100328   -0.018735 -0.105134
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.024946         -0.049186 -0.231647 -0.087086 -0.014385 -0.089748 -0.180619 -0.017339 -0.098601   -0.018199 -0.103375
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.025468           -0.234346 -0.088187 -0.014808 -0.091403 -0.183412 -0.017841 -0.100299   -0.018715  
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ