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

For C5H8O (Cyclopentanone)


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 -0.002412 -0.010195 -0.010195 -0.007844 -0.027104 -0.028541 -0.029204 -0.112266 -0.113414 -0.052692 -0.102601 -0.015051 -0.091966 -0.017963 -0.110679
MP3=FULL         -0.026639   -0.028749       -0.107075 -0.014120 -0.094336    
MP4=FULL   -0.009746     -0.026772       -0.118048     -0.014113 -0.094840 -0.017050  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000730 -0.003040 -0.003040 -0.002337 -0.007999 -0.008411 -0.008606 -0.032060 -0.032403 -0.015262 -0.029342 -0.004470 -0.026631 -0.005332 -0.031962
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.026388           -0.106945 -0.013821 -0.093875 -0.016670  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.026697           -0.107611 -0.014026 -0.096865 0.021016  
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