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

For C5H6O (Pentadienal)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002278 -0.010093 -0.010093 -0.007724 -0.026784 -0.027785 -0.028536 -0.111655 -0.112505 -0.045191 -0.132877 -0.101949 -0.014563 -0.090924 -0.016636 -0.106896
MP3=FULL         -0.026338   -0.028112       -0.137960 -0.106465 -0.013700 -0.093526    
MP4=FULL   -0.009658     -0.026464       -0.117205       -0.013681 -0.093932 -0.015747  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000690 -0.003015 -0.003015 -0.002304 -0.007931 -0.008218 -0.008438 -0.031908 -0.032164 -0.013208 -0.038198 -0.029160 -0.004340 -0.026399 -0.004956 -0.030932
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.026377               -0.013598   -0.015656  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.026057         -0.044995 -0.137527 -0.106321 -0.013386 -0.093030 -0.015423  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.026388             -0.107010 -0.013601   -0.015659  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ