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

For CHFClCHClF (ethane, 1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoro-)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001025 -0.015890 -0.030886 -0.010345 -0.034749 -0.035138 -0.037510 -0.173432 -0.173840 -0.070156 -0.122847 -0.021521 -0.124703 -0.026184 -0.140479
MP3=FULL         -0.032377   -0.035070       -0.122749 -0.019201 -0.121378    
MP4=FULL   -0.014786     -0.032913       -0.175623     -0.019592 -0.123248 -0.024204  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000308 -0.004764 -0.009245 -0.003098 -0.010327 -0.010438 -0.011132 -0.049608 -0.049727 -0.020610 -0.035381 -0.006427 -0.036512 -0.007808 -0.040945
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.032759             -0.019477 -0.122914 -0.024039  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.032139         -0.065220 -0.122591 -0.018983 -0.120960 -0.023439  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.032751           -0.123889   -0.122885 -0.024020  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ