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

For C5H8 (Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002324 -0.008480 -0.008480 -0.006989 -0.024734 -0.026162 -0.026560 -0.093604 -0.094790 -0.044743 -0.110996 -0.085637 -0.012945 -0.079740 -0.140389 -0.015691 -0.095520 -0.144735
MP3=FULL         -0.024432   -0.026279       -0.115389 -0.089671 -0.012175 -0.082176        
MP4=FULL   -0.008156     -0.024569       -0.099090   -0.116540   -0.012186 -0.082771   -0.014902 -0.099921  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000703 -0.002540 -0.002540 -0.002089 -0.007305 -0.007711 -0.007829 -0.026806 -0.027161 -0.012989 -0.031943 -0.024557 -0.003859 -0.023138   -0.004672 -0.027606  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.024488           -0.116296   -0.012095 -0.082593   -0.014798 -0.099719  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.024210         -0.045048 -0.115159 -0.089580 -0.011917 -0.081885   -0.014592 -0.098882  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.024498           -0.116284 -0.090177 -0.012096 -0.082599   -0.014801 -0.099722  
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