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

For C5H6 (Propellane)

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 -0.002265 -0.008296 -0.008296 -0.006774 -0.024423 -0.025535 -0.026034 -0.093533 -0.094428 -0.044153 -0.110856 -0.085210 -0.012395 -0.078004 -0.014940 -0.092580
MP3=FULL         -0.024115   -0.025744       -0.115326 -0.089193 -0.011626 -0.080541    
MP4=FULL   -0.007919     -0.024213       -0.098653   -0.116356   -0.011606 -0.080847 -0.014123 -0.096721
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000687 -0.002489 -0.002489 -0.002027 -0.007226 -0.007545 -0.007694 -0.026807 -0.027076 -0.012863 -0.031939 -0.024445 -0.003711 -0.022700 -0.004467 -0.026828
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.024144           -0.116137   -0.011523 -0.080758 -0.014030 -0.096591
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.023888         -0.044573 -0.115057 -0.089100 -0.011373 -0.080202 -0.013857 -0.095921
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.024155           -0.116123 -0.089687 -0.011526 -0.080770 -0.014034 -0.143186
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