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

For C5H6O (2H-Pyran)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002336 -0.010241 -0.010241 -0.007870 -0.027219 -0.028238 -0.028983 -0.112137 -0.113003 -0.047486 -0.133734 -0.102324 -0.014819 -0.091131 -0.170033 -0.017326 -0.108071
MP3=FULL         -0.026741   -0.028522       -0.138742 -0.106796 -0.013922 -0.093594      
MP4=FULL                     -0.139516            
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000707 -0.003059 -0.003059 -0.002347 -0.008051 -0.008343 -0.008560 -0.032038 -0.032297 -0.013835 -0.038417 -0.029264 -0.004410 -0.026442   -0.005149 -0.031249
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                         -0.015204 -0.110310     -0.111987
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.026467         -0.047325 -0.138341 -0.106651 -0.013615 -0.093132   -0.016046 -0.111378
CCSD(T)=FULL                     -0.134402   -0.013830 -0.097759   -0.016005 -0.110604
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