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

For C5H10O (2-methylbutyraldehyde)

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 -0.002398 -0.010172 -0.010172 -0.007842 -0.026797 -0.028567 -0.029227 -0.111866 -0.113279 -0.051388 -0.102518 -0.015309 -0.093014 -0.017931 -0.110258
MP3=FULL         -0.026356   -0.028793       -0.107027 -0.014408 -0.095555    
MP4=FULL   -0.009725     -0.026486             -0.014386 -0.094620 -0.011494  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000725 -0.003033 -0.003033 -0.002336 -0.007914 -0.008421 -0.008615 -0.031945 -0.032368 -0.014892 -0.029320 -0.004547 -0.026935 -0.005321 -0.031823
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.026406             -0.014289 -0.096350 -0.012362 -0.115071
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.026109           -0.106897 -0.014093 -0.095101 -0.016597  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.026416           -0.103277 -0.005365   -0.017011  
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