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

For C2H3 (vinyl)

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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000693 -0.003092 -0.003092 -0.002432 -0.009174 -0.009682 -0.009835 -0.036583 -0.037003 -0.013192 -0.043213 -0.033556 -0.004669 -0.029750 -0.055401 -0.005200 -0.034707 -0.056575    
MP3=FULL         -0.009103   -0.016295       -0.045052 -0.035244 -0.004434 -0.030681            
MP4=FULL   -0.002995     -0.009128       -0.038763   -0.045453   -0.004417 -0.030862   -0.004944 -0.036248      
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000221 -0.000933 -0.000933 -0.000733 -0.002695 -0.002840 -0.002886 -0.010464 -0.010591 -0.003810 -0.012400 -0.009601 -0.001383 -0.008567   -0.001539 -0.009969      
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009025           -0.045207   -0.004349 -0.030497   -0.004867 -0.035862      
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009021   -0.009680       -0.045175   -0.004338 -0.030466   -0.004853        
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008905         -0.012853 -0.044736 -0.035126 -0.004268 -0.030209 -0.057474 -0.004778 -0.035550      
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009028           -0.045196 -0.035364 -0.004348 -0.030502 -0.058058 -0.004866 -0.035867 -0.059291 -0.074256 -0.099191
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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ