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

For CH2FCH2Cl (Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro-)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000975 -0.009541 -0.017017 -0.006417 -0.021811 -0.022544 -0.023694 -0.105036 -0.105688 -0.042481 -0.078370 -0.013392 -0.078432 -0.015925 -0.088777
MP3=FULL         -0.020599   -0.022456       -0.079165 -0.012104 -0.077326    
MP4=FULL   -0.008928     -0.020880       -0.107464     -0.012287 -0.078376 -0.014802 -0.087898
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000295 -0.002860 -0.005093 -0.001921 -0.006477 -0.006687 -0.007024 -0.030048 -0.030241 -0.012470 -0.022549 -0.003998 -0.022920 -0.004750 -0.025851
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.020796             -0.012217 -0.078183 -0.014705 -0.044308
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.020441         -0.040054 -0.079075 -0.011936 -0.077059 -0.014366 -0.087943
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.020793           -0.079823 -0.012212 -0.078166 -0.014694 -0.050314
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ