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

For N2O (Nitrous oxide)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000503 -0.005329 -0.005329 -0.003349 -0.009545 -0.009545 -0.010302 -0.056420 -0.056420 -0.024247 -0.068419 -0.051346 -0.006662 -0.040903 -0.087747 -0.007579 -0.046924 -0.089078   -0.108357 -0.151779 -0.152017 -0.044072 -0.007893 -0.049105
MP3=FULL         -0.009085   -0.018807       -0.070543 -0.052937 -0.006190 -0.041755               -0.156837      
MP4=FULL   -0.005010     -0.008962       -0.057821   -0.070800   -0.006079 -0.041317   -0.006977 -0.047701                
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000152 -0.001572 -0.001572 -0.000986 -0.002817 -0.002817 -0.003034 -0.015997 -0.015997 -0.007030 -0.019533 -0.014567 -0.001965 -0.011879   -0.002234 -0.013590         -0.042941   -0.002326 -0.014196
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008991           -0.070765   -0.006088 -0.041545   -0.006982 -0.047982         -0.157635   -0.007290 -0.050296
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009017   -0.009770           -0.006099 -0.041627   -0.006992 -0.048076                
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008922         -0.024409 -0.070119 -0.052784 -0.006025 -0.041289 -0.090165 -0.006910 -0.047740 -0.091595       -0.156351   -0.007211 -0.050030
CCSD(T)=FULL         0.002588   0.001788 -0.049920     -0.070758 -0.053091 0.004887 -0.151072 -0.091053 0.004676 -0.042760 -0.092471 -0.036156 -0.113152 -0.157368 -0.157584   -0.007299 -0.050329
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ