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

For CH2COH+ (ketene, protonated)

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 -0.000952 -0.005068 -0.005068 -0.003661 -0.012528 -0.012998 -0.013381 -0.055935 -0.056313 -0.023103 -0.067190 -0.051055 -0.007156 -0.044131 -0.085959 -0.008320 -0.051598 -0.087906
MP3=FULL         -0.012231   -0.013095       -0.069549 -0.053110 -0.006710 -0.045101        
MP4=FULL   -0.004818     -0.012272       -0.058384   -0.070069   -0.006688 -0.045226   -0.007848 -0.053302  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000287 -0.001507 -0.001507 -0.001088 -0.003698 -0.003834 -0.003946 -0.015943 -0.016057 -0.006717 -0.019255 -0.014563 -0.002120 -0.012788   -0.002465 -0.014901  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012223           -0.069960   -0.006647 -0.045187   -0.007803 -0.053225  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012082         -0.022941 -0.069283 -0.053008 -0.006549 -0.044800 -0.088851 -0.007690 -0.052829  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012228           -0.069947 -0.053332 -0.006648 -0.045194 -0.089715 -0.007804 -0.053233 -0.091759
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