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

For C7H7+ (cycloheptatrienyl 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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.003180 -0.011743 -0.011743 -0.009503 -0.034060 -0.035223 -0.035904 -0.130489 -0.131432 -0.055138 -0.154880 -0.118912 -0.017494 -0.108572 -0.019802 -0.129527
MP3=FULL         -0.033705   -0.035581       -0.161297 -0.124629 -0.016539 -0.112174    
MP4=FULL   -0.011319     -0.033848       -0.137539       -0.016510      
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000965 -0.003524 -0.003524 -0.002845 -0.010097 -0.010432 -0.010633 -0.037400 -0.037684 -0.016152 -0.044653 -0.034104 -0.005239 -0.031605 -0.005925 -0.037530
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.033752                 -0.112580    
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.033765               -0.016422 -0.112587 -0.018709 -0.135357
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