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

For C5H4 (pentatetraene)

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 -0.002181 -0.008449 -0.008449 -0.006879 -0.024789 -0.025466 -0.025982 -0.093280 -0.093834 -0.037718 -0.110917 -0.085135 -0.012487 -0.077533 -0.140182 -0.014156 -0.091217 -0.143380 -0.014570 -0.095056
MP3=FULL         -0.024540   -0.025759       -0.115534 -0.089226 -0.011802 -0.080150            
MP4=FULL   -0.008137     -0.024637       -0.098222   -0.116795   -0.011775 -0.080551   -0.013447 -0.095376   -0.013861 -0.099552
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000660 -0.002539 -0.002539 -0.002061 -0.007363 -0.007558 -0.007711 -0.026761 -0.026929 -0.011093 -0.032028 -0.024432 -0.003747 -0.022598   -0.004247 -0.026490   -0.004376  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                     -0.116505   -0.011692 -0.080381   -0.013356 -0.095189      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.024246         -0.037438 -0.115234 -0.089101 -0.011503 -0.079738   -0.013146 -0.094461   -0.013550  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.024562           -0.116478 -0.089741 -0.011695 -0.080388   -0.013359 -0.095192     -0.099350
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