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

For CH2FCH2CH3 (1-Fluoropropane)

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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001412 -0.006806 -0.006806 -0.005040 -0.016478 -0.017730 -0.018333 -0.074487 -0.075500 -0.030639 -0.089610 -0.068135 -0.010034 -0.061112 -0.011608 -0.071062 -0.011922 -0.073303
MP3=FULL         -0.016140   -0.017978       -0.092700 -0.070886 -0.009428 -0.062416     -0.011308  
MP4=FULL   -0.006445     -0.016225       -0.078275   -0.093368     -0.062773 -0.010970      
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000426 -0.002018 -0.002018 -0.001495 -0.004858 -0.005216 -0.005388 -0.021205 -0.021508 -0.008884 -0.025627 -0.019427 -0.002966 -0.017651 -0.003431 -0.020471 -0.003522 -0.021114
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016187           -0.093251   -0.009381 -0.062832 -0.010918      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016010         -0.030623 -0.092439 -0.070813 -0.009238 -0.062213 -0.010777   -0.011086  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016191           -0.121672 -0.071210 -0.009363 -0.062750 -0.010919   -0.011231  
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 daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ