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

For C3H8 (Propane)

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 Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001416 -0.004914 -0.004914 -0.003958 -0.014070 -0.015497 -0.015641 -0.055550 -0.056659 -0.025170 -0.065972 -0.051113 -0.008050 -0.048327 -0.085385 -0.009094 -0.056492 -0.087443 -0.046323 -0.009310 -0.057879
MP3=FULL         -0.013945   -0.019010       -0.068688 -0.053597 -0.007631 -0.049900              
MP4=FULL   -0.004718     -0.014003       -0.059277   -0.069361   -0.007605 -0.050261   -0.008648 -0.059193        
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000428 -0.001471 -0.001471 -0.001182 -0.004162 -0.004570 -0.004613 -0.015904 -0.016236 -0.007319 -0.018988 -0.014657 -0.002399 -0.014014   -0.002710 -0.016342     -0.002773 -0.016736
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.013974           -0.069230   -0.007564 -0.050167   -0.008603 -0.059091        
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.013826         -0.025369 -0.068581 -0.053557 -0.007457 -0.049729   -0.008483 -0.058593        
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013978           -0.069218 -0.053885 -0.007565 -0.050167   -0.008604 -0.059089        
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 Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ