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

For CH3CHO+ (acetaldehyde 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 -0.000927 -0.004982 -0.004982 -0.003558 -0.011917 -0.012625 -0.013052 -0.055441 -0.056025 -0.022616 -0.066489 -0.050778 -0.007141 -0.043947 -0.085860 -0.008272 -0.051067 -0.087655 -0.008521 -0.052948
MP3=FULL         -0.011649   -0.012789       -0.068806 -0.052875 -0.006717 -0.044899         -0.008084 -0.054531
MP4=FULL   -0.004761     -0.011703       -0.058104   -0.069287   -0.006698     -0.007821 -0.052798   -0.008067 -0.054816
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000282 -0.001483 -0.001483 -0.001060 -0.003518 -0.003720 -0.003844 -0.015787 -0.015961 -0.006560 -0.019015 -0.014481 -0.002113 -0.012700   -0.002448 -0.014726   -0.002521 -0.015265
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.011658           -0.069568   -0.006653     -0.007771 -0.052666   -0.008016  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.011515         -0.022493 -0.068488 -0.052774 -0.006549 -0.044553   -0.007653     -0.007895  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.011663           -0.069127 -0.053095 -0.006654     -0.007772     -0.008017  
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