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

For ClCN (chlorocyanogen)

Energies in Hartree
Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.007733 -0.018614 -0.018614 -0.019523 -0.086523 -0.086523 -0.037261 -0.010722 -0.061324 -0.012720 -0.068029 -0.132418
MP3=FULL   -0.017549   -0.024466                
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL   -0.017323         -0.035099   -0.059816   -0.066878  
CCSD(T)=FULL   -0.017647             -0.060808      
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z