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

For C4H2+ (diacetlyene 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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001622 -0.006560 -0.006560 -0.005295 -0.019500 -0.019828 -0.020337 -0.074027 -0.074511 -0.028525 -0.087852 -0.067642 -0.009415 -0.059717 -0.110816 -0.010871 -0.070620 -0.113535 -0.011263 -0.074735
MP3=FULL         -0.019347   -0.023187       -0.091613 -0.070984 -0.008923 -0.061692         -0.010765 -0.081727
MP4=FULL   -0.006329     -0.019410       -0.078079   -0.092543   -0.008906 -0.061996   -0.010364     -0.010753 -0.078245
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000489 -0.001972 -0.001972 -0.001585 -0.005768 -0.005863 -0.006012 -0.021219 -0.021369 -0.008343 -0.025326 -0.019393 -0.002812 -0.017346   -0.003242 -0.020444   -0.003357 -0.021605
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019278           -0.092248   -0.008800 -0.061654   -0.010245 -0.073340   -0.010630 -0.077876
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019032         -0.028116 -0.091213 -0.070815 -0.008645 -0.061119   -0.010069 -0.072772   -0.010447  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019293           -0.092231 -0.071329 -0.008806 -0.061681   -0.010251     -0.010636 -0.077901
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ