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

For CHCCH2CH3 (1-Butyne)

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 -0.001754 -0.006594 -0.006594 -0.005311 -0.019260 -0.020346 -0.020694 -0.074233 -0.075164 -0.031379 -0.068047 -0.010149 -0.061732 -0.011567 -0.072957
MP3=FULL         -0.019103   -0.020556       -0.071357 -0.009609 -0.063784    
MP4=FULL   -0.006334     -0.019173       -0.078673     -0.009579 -0.064158 -0.010998  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000531 -0.001979 -0.001979 -0.001591 -0.005713 -0.006026 -0.006128 -0.021276 -0.021557 -0.009184 -0.019524 -0.003038 -0.017974 -0.003459 -0.021160
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019128             -0.009525 -0.064059 -0.010936 -0.063042
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.018908           -0.071287 -0.009381 -0.063489 -0.010772 -0.075591
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019136           -0.071751 -0.009527 -0.064060 -0.010938 -0.025675
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