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

For CH3OH+ (Methyl alcohol 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 -0.000489 -0.003360 -0.003360 -0.002264 -0.007105 -0.007727 -0.008027 -0.036979 -0.037531 -0.014618 -0.044702 -0.033982 -0.004840 -0.029491 -0.058448 -0.005556 -0.033699 -0.059555 -0.005642 -0.034500
MP3=FULL         -0.006831   -0.010194                          
MP4=FULL   -0.003202     -0.006886       -0.038706   -0.046334   -0.004506 -0.029922   -0.005201 -0.034513   -0.005307 -0.035504
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000148 -0.000999 -0.000999 -0.000676 -0.002100 -0.002276 -0.002362 -0.010501 -0.010669 -0.004217 -0.012753 -0.009671 -0.001427 -0.008438   -0.001639 -0.009661   -0.001674 -0.009934
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006858           -0.046253   -0.004482 -0.029749   -0.005181 -0.034362   -0.005295 -0.035419
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006789         -0.014401 -0.045822 -0.035163 -0.004418 -0.029526 -0.060132 -0.005099 -0.034079 -0.061281 -0.005210 -0.035095
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006887           -0.046246 -0.035369 -0.004493 -0.030141 -0.060688 -0.005186 -0.034407 -0.077042 -0.005296 -0.035423
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