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Bond Length differences between FULL (all electrons correlated) and FROZEN core

Such as MP2=Frozen and MP2=Full
17 10 27 16 27

For CN+ atoms 1 and 2

For CN+ (Cyano cation)
Bond length differences (full - frozen) in Å. Mouse over a difference for the bond length with full correlation.
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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0073 0.0009 0.0009 0.0064 0.0006 0.0022 0.0004 0.0030 0.0022 0.0006 0.0023
MP3=FULL         0.0004   0.0011                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.0696               0.0033   0.0033
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVQZ

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