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

For C2H2 (Acetylene)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000767 -0.003168 -0.003168 -0.002511 -0.009422 -0.009790 -0.009990 -0.036726 -0.037151 -0.012749 -0.043433 -0.043822 -0.033730 -0.004690 -0.029490 -0.055118 -0.005267 -0.034035 -0.056534 -0.029490 -0.070061 -0.094962 -0.029707 -0.005462 -0.034664
MP3=FULL         -0.009364   -0.009955                                    
MP4=FULL -0.000659 -0.003039 -0.003039 -0.002383 -0.009387 -0.009767 -0.009975 -0.038613 -0.038931 -0.012842 -0.045824 -0.046243 -0.035651 -0.004429 -0.030701 -0.058307 -0.005012 -0.035607 -0.059816            
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000231 -0.000953 -0.000953 -0.000752 -0.002803 -0.002910 -0.002968 -0.010530 -0.010663 -0.003772 -0.012542   -0.009678 -0.001409 -0.008619   -0.001581 -0.009907           -0.001638 -0.010088
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL -0.000634 -0.002938 -0.002938 -0.002302 -0.009400 -0.009630 -0.009836 -0.038109 -0.038564 -0.012651 -0.045215 -0.045619 -0.035361 -0.004334 -0.030376 -0.057499 -0.004905 -0.035251 -0.059012            
CCSD(T)=FULL -0.000649 -0.003002 -0.003002 -0.002355 -0.009373 -0.009754 -0.009962 -0.038397 -0.038861 -0.012825 -0.045705 -0.046122 -0.035606 -0.004409 -0.030664 -0.058130 -0.004988 -0.035559 -0.059642 -0.030664 -0.074312 -0.099464      
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ