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

For C8H16 (cyclooctane)


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 -0.003825 -0.013490 -0.013490 -0.011021 -0.038827 -0.041617 -0.042200 -0.149520 -0.151799 -0.075252 -0.137262 -0.021123 -0.128786 -0.025108 -0.155980
MP3=FULL         -0.038476   -0.050812                
MP4=FULL   -0.012944     -0.038599       -0.158687            
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001159 -0.004035 -0.004035 -0.003289 -0.011465 -0.012262 -0.012443 -0.042800 -0.043479 -0.021752 -0.039333 -0.006294 -0.037216 -0.007432 -0.045004
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.038062                    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.038511                    
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