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

For C4H6N+ (pyrrole, beta-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 -0.002066 -0.008545 -0.008545 -0.006623 -0.023110 -0.024127 -0.024707 -0.093599 -0.094533 -0.042129 -0.085531 -0.012642 -0.077544 -0.014743 -0.092017
MP3=FULL         -0.022703   -0.024323       -0.089362 -0.011886 -0.079734    
MP4=FULL   -0.008187     -0.022795       -0.098539     -0.011866   -0.013962  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000626 -0.002555 -0.002555 -0.001976 -0.006833 -0.007125 -0.007296 -0.026764 -0.027044 -0.012256 -0.024484 -0.003765 -0.022501 -0.004387 -0.026600
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.022726             -0.011807   -0.013956  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022452         -0.042160 -0.089234 -0.011616 -0.079334 -0.013670  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.022736           -0.089827 -0.011802   -0.013875  
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