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

For CH2F2 (Methane, difluoro-)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000462 -0.005342 -0.005342 -0.003396 -0.009257 -0.009621 -0.010477 -0.056054 -0.056386 -0.017723 -0.068883 -0.050931 -0.006766 -0.041447 -0.090558 -0.007972 -0.046755 -0.092116 -0.041447 -0.157049 -0.157250 -0.044308 -0.008239 -0.048695
MP3=FULL         -0.008809   -0.033110                       -0.041605 -0.161273 -0.161487 -0.045957    
MP4=FULL                                     -0.041752 -0.162076 -0.162228 -0.046174    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000138 -0.001561 -0.001561 -0.000993 -0.002709 -0.002812 -0.003056 -0.015808 -0.015907 -0.005117 -0.019507 -0.014382 -0.001968 -0.011891   -0.002324 -0.013390   -0.011891 -0.044137 -0.044198 -0.012468 -0.002400 -0.013935
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008857           -0.070782   -0.006242 -0.041706   -0.007436 -0.047390   -0.041706 -0.161941 -0.162117 -0.046101 -0.007696 -0.049463
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008761         -0.017300 -0.070270 -0.052245 -0.006172 -0.041374 -0.092545 -0.007355 -0.047049 -0.094156 -0.041374 -0.160947 -0.161111 -0.045942 -0.007614 -0.049120
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008858           -0.070783 -0.052481 -0.006242 -0.041713 -0.093266 -0.007436 -0.047400 -0.094887 -0.041713 -0.161939 -0.162121 -0.046100 -0.007696 -0.049474
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ