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

For CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)


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 -0.002000 -0.008303 -0.008303 -0.006469 -0.022787 -0.024049 -0.024538 -0.093163 -0.094153 -0.043344 -0.085263 -0.012504 -0.076547 -0.014576 -0.090814
MP3=FULL         -0.022476   -0.024237       -0.089149 -0.011777 -0.078857    
MP4=FULL   -0.007943     -0.022526       -0.098192     -0.011735 -0.079227 -0.013795  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000606 -0.002481 -0.002481 -0.001931 -0.006748 -0.007109 -0.007254 -0.026649 -0.026945 -0.012624 -0.024415 -0.003729 -0.022249 -0.004344 -0.026292
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022230         -0.043816 -0.089025 -0.011495 -0.078434 -0.013520  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.022488           -0.089592 -0.011671 -0.079140 0.021822  
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