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

For CH2ClCH2OH2+ (2-chloroethanol, protonated)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001090 -0.009592 -0.017075 -0.006485 -0.022126 -0.023117 -0.024031 -0.105041 -0.105886 -0.044829 -0.078683 -0.013644 -0.079510 -0.016204 -0.090601
MP3=FULL         -0.020912   -0.022800       -0.079615 -0.012362 -0.078603    
MP4=FULL   -0.009007     -0.021160       -0.107799     -0.012521 -0.079611 -0.015048 -0.085891
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000328 -0.002880 -0.005116 -0.001942 -0.006568 -0.006851 -0.007123 -0.030073 -0.030323 -0.013135 -0.022662 -0.004074 -0.023241 -0.004834 -0.026377
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.020914             -0.009192 -0.079401 -0.014953 -0.090231
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.020724         -0.042533 -0.079489 -0.012165 -0.078283 -0.014610 -0.089145
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.021078           -0.080253 -0.012445 -0.079386 -0.014943  
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