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

For C2H (Ethynyl 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000619 -0.002991 -0.002991 -0.002332 -0.009319 -0.009527 -0.009738 -0.036393 -0.036610 -0.012559 -0.033427 -0.004321 -0.027746 -0.054350 -0.004809 -0.032324 -0.055537 -0.027746
MP3=FULL         -0.009249   -0.015457       -0.035123 -0.004093 -0.028521          
MP4=FULL   -0.002907     -0.009276       -0.038401     -0.004087 -0.028683   -0.004578 -0.033631    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000199 -0.000912 -0.000912 -0.000711 -0.002719 -0.002776 -0.002839 -0.010410 -0.010475 -0.003583 -0.009550 -0.001273 -0.007946   -0.001416 -0.009229    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009115             -0.003997 -0.028119   -0.004480 -0.033013    
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009100   -0.009523         -0.003980 -0.028060 -0.056783 -0.004460 -0.032947 -0.058130  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008978         -0.011981 -0.034946 -0.003908 -0.027822 -0.056194 -0.004382 -0.032705 -0.057428  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009121           -0.035213 -0.003998 -0.028137 -0.056843 -0.004480 -0.033033 -0.058083  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z