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

For CH3NH3+ (protonated methylamine)

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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000714 -0.003430 -0.003430 -0.002485 -0.007971 -0.009044 -0.009203 -0.037184 -0.038050 -0.017607 -0.005396 -0.031638 -0.036459 -0.059965
MP3=FULL         -0.007763   -0.010472              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.007766                  
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 aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ