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

For C6H6 (1,2,4,5-Hexatetraene)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002640 -0.010012 -0.010012 -0.008095 -0.029263 -0.030288 -0.030870 -0.111684 -0.112517 -0.045275 -0.132567 -0.101918 -0.015008 -0.092591 -0.016969 -0.110406
MP3=FULL         -0.028946   -0.030579       -0.138036 -0.106811 -0.014175 -0.095602    
MP4=FULL   -0.009611     -0.029066       -0.117744   -0.139466   -0.014146 -0.094449 -0.016108  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000800 -0.003008 -0.003008 -0.002425 -0.008687 -0.008982 -0.009155 -0.032027 -0.032279 -0.013296 -0.038257 -0.029241 -0.004499 -0.026966 -0.005084 -0.032029
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.028980           -0.142285   -0.014057   -0.016008  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.028619         -0.044983 -0.137709 -0.106679 -0.013829 -0.095149 -0.015756 -0.114358
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.028993           -0.139165 -0.107427 -0.014059 -0.095962    
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ