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

For C2H2O4 (Oxalic Acid)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001186 -0.010633 -0.010633 -0.006910 -0.021192 -0.021462 -0.022585 -0.112808 -0.113030 -0.047512 -0.102744 -0.013652 -0.083150 -0.016313 -0.096640
MP3=FULL         -0.020299   -0.044014       -0.106009 -0.012645 -0.084092    
MP4=FULL   -0.010033     -0.020400       -0.116067     -0.012621 -0.084106    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000356 -0.003132 -0.003133 -0.002035 -0.006223 -0.006300 -0.006628 -0.031961 -0.032026 -0.013716 -0.029144 -0.004003 -0.023996 -0.004788 -0.027799
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.020321             -0.012558 -0.084120    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.020105         -0.047382 -0.105806 -0.012404 -0.083461 -0.015012 -0.097981
CCSD(T)=FULL         5.679379           -0.106375 -0.012564 -0.084151    
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