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

For C5H10O (3-Pentanone)

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 -0.002401 -0.010148 -0.010148 -0.007803 -0.026752 -0.028568 -0.029242 -0.111876 -0.113271 -0.050901 -0.133513 -0.102495 -0.015328 -0.092873 -0.017938 -0.109956
MP3=FULL         -0.026327   -0.040717       -0.138544 -0.107008 -0.014431 -0.095420    
MP4=FULL   -0.009699     -0.026442       -0.117933   -0.139705   -0.014397 -0.095888 -0.016599  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000726 -0.003026 -0.003026 -0.002325 -0.007902 -0.008423 -0.008620 -0.031950 -0.032368 -0.014765 -0.038321 -0.029313 -0.004553 -0.026900 -0.005326 -0.031751
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.026367           -0.139478   -0.014315 -0.095720 -0.016900  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.026078         -0.051182 -0.138171 -0.106880 -0.014112 -0.094957 -0.016669  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.026377           -0.139462 -0.107533 -0.014317 -0.095777 -0.016903  
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