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

For C2H4CO3 (Ethylene carbonate)


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 -0.001577 -0.010510 -0.010510 -0.007278 -0.020389 -0.023999 -0.025088 -0.109667 -0.113113 -0.049695 -0.102740 -0.014265 -0.086468 -0.017268 -0.101605
MP3=FULL         -0.022575   -0.024396       -0.106457 -0.013323 -0.087995    
MP4=FULL   -0.009982     -0.022675       -0.116718     -0.013305 -0.088710 -0.017090 -0.104876
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000473 -0.003110 -0.003110 -0.002153 -0.006853 -0.007056 -0.007375 -0.031952 -0.032132 -0.014352 -0.029220 -0.004200 -0.024967 -0.005089 -0.029252
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022356           -0.106258 -0.013048 -0.087421 -0.015992 -0.103747
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.022600           -0.106849 0.063291 -0.139912 -0.016185 -0.107115
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