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

For CH2BOH (hydroxy(methylene)borane)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001110 -0.004796 -0.004796 -0.003734 -0.012808 -0.013321 -0.013783 -0.054930 -0.055321 -0.023484 -0.050230 -0.006857 -0.042187 -0.083587 -0.008223 -0.049916 -0.085468
MP3=FULL         -0.012635   -0.013625       -0.052566 -0.006450 -0.043290        
MP4=FULL   -0.004599     -0.012723       -0.057745     -0.006446 -0.043525   -0.007826 -0.051940  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000339 -0.001435 -0.001435 -0.001119 -0.003808 -0.003955 -0.004093 -0.015716 -0.015834 -0.006872 -0.014380 -0.002045 -0.012286   -0.002458 -0.014488  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012690             -0.006412 -0.043468   -0.007787 -0.051888  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.012688   -0.013666         -0.006403 -0.044313   -0.007777 -0.052292  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012534         -0.023517 -0.052545 -0.006317 -0.043083 -0.086905 -0.007680 -0.051499 -0.088986
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012692           -0.052850 -0.006411 -0.043473 -0.087697 -0.007787 -0.051895 -0.089702
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ