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

For CH3OC2H5 (Ethane, methoxy-)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001458 -0.006782 -0.006782 -0.005076   -0.018352 -0.018842   -0.075435   -0.068306 -0.010292 -0.061538 -0.011972  
MP3=FULL         -0.016614   -0.018533       -0.071214 -0.009709 -0.063134    
MP4=FULL   -0.006469     -0.016691       -0.078385     -0.009674 -0.063471 -0.011343  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000439 -0.002017 -0.002017 -0.001508 -0.005000 -0.005404 -0.005548 -0.021184 -0.021522 -0.009322 -0.019504 -0.003049 -0.017803 -0.003548 -0.020701
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016640             -0.009618 -0.063371 -0.011281  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016460         -0.032181 -0.071109 -0.009489 -0.062833 -0.011134 -0.073851
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016645           -0.071523 -0.009619 -0.063377 -0.011283  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ