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

For C2H3+ (vinyl cation)

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 -0.000802 -0.003157 -0.003157 -0.002504 -0.009145 -0.009638 -0.009803 -0.036498 -0.036975 -0.013071 -0.043047 -0.033485 -0.004704 -0.029826 -0.055090 -0.005238 -0.034912 -0.056497 -0.005354 -0.035633
MP3=FULL         -0.009054   -0.009723       -0.044873 -0.035149 -0.004457 -0.030792         -0.005104 -0.037024
MP4=FULL   -0.003027     -0.009082       -0.038717   -0.045295   -0.004437 -0.030971   -0.004972 -0.036473   -0.005087 -0.037255
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000243 -0.000948 -0.000948 -0.000750 -0.002712 -0.002854 -0.002903 -0.010456 -0.010602 -0.003836 -0.012406 -0.009599 -0.001408 -0.008673   -0.001567 -0.010115   -0.001602 -0.010321
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009061           -0.045225   -0.004415 -0.030905   -0.004948 -0.036397   -0.005063 -0.037179
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008931         -0.012898 -0.044719 -0.035081 -0.004330 -0.030593 -0.057367 -0.004854 -0.036059 -0.058843 -0.004966 -0.036831
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009063           -0.045207 -0.035331 -0.004415 -0.030904 -0.057985 -0.004948 -0.036395 -0.059470 -0.005063 -0.037176
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