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

For NF3H+ (protonated nitrogen trifluoride)

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 -0.000387 -0.007396 -0.007396 -0.004348 -0.010178 -0.010326 -0.011949 -0.075170 -0.075354 -0.024361 -0.068327 -0.008584 -0.053618 -0.010177 -0.061117
MP3=FULL         -0.009355   -0.011107       -0.069691 -0.007831 -0.053282    
MP4=FULL   -0.006792     -0.009440       -0.076327     -0.007837   -0.009384 -0.061230
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000111 -0.002147 -0.002147 -0.001258 -0.002939 -0.002981 -0.003441 -0.021101 -0.021155 -0.006965 -0.019209 -0.002473 -0.015299 -0.002932 -0.017393
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009340             -0.007777 -0.053213 -0.009309 -0.061124
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009243         -0.023669 -0.069491 -0.007685 -0.052809 -0.009203 -0.060742
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009347           -0.069825 -0.007781 -0.053235 -0.009313 -0.061153
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