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

For CH2BrCH2Br (Ethane, 1,2-dibromo-)


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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000959 -0.010012 -0.023942 -0.024166 -0.064849 -0.065718 -0.067442 -0.826515 -0.827214 -0.185217 -0.021338 -0.124186
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.062446           -0.019873 -0.080838
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ