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

For C10H22 (Decane)


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 -0.004771 -0.016774 -0.016774 -0.013674 -0.048181 -0.052112 -0.052851 -0.186413 -0.189440 -0.089692 -0.171151 -0.026684 -0.161658 -0.031352 -0.192875
MP4=FULL   -0.009875     -0.047933                    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001445 -0.005021 -0.005021 -0.004085 -0.014242 -0.015368 -0.015587 -0.053374 -0.054280 -0.026026 -0.049080 -0.007950 -0.046852 -0.009332 -0.055720
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.047834                    
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