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

For P(CH3)3 (trimethylphosphine)


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 -0.003213 -0.011098 -0.018614 -0.008000 -0.026134 -0.027813 -0.028509 -0.179698 -0.180903 -0.049108 -0.082082 -0.015819 -0.093089 -0.019076 -0.107621
MP3=FULL             -0.027763       -0.084010 -0.014786 -0.093692    
MP4=FULL   -0.010607     -0.025709       -0.183431     -0.014958 -0.095194 -0.018228  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001011 -0.003398 -0.005696 -0.002441 -0.007859 -0.008341 -0.008553 -0.051997 -0.052361 -0.014575 -0.023918 -0.004803 -0.027456 -0.005786 -0.031598
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.024980                 -0.018453  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.025163           -0.083910 -0.014514 -0.093477 -0.017699 -0.108688
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.025603           -0.084850 -0.014855 -0.094886 -0.018103 -0.076363
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