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

For NH2CH2CH2CH3 (1-Propanamine)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001621 -0.006752 -0.006752 -0.005189 -0.017570 -0.019179 -0.019508 -0.074512 -0.075789 -0.034922 -0.088802 -0.068545 -0.010456 -0.062863 -0.012004 -0.074213
MP3=FULL         -0.017257   -0.019195       -0.092162 -0.071597 -0.009850 -0.064586    
MP4=FULL   -0.006452     -0.017316       -0.078927   -0.092959   -0.009809 -0.064971 -0.011346  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000489 -0.002013 -0.002013 -0.001545 -0.005185 -0.005646 -0.005743 -0.021280 -0.021662 -0.010119 -0.025491 -0.019608 -0.003103 -0.018205 -0.003562 -0.021423
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.017274           -0.092783   -0.009755 -0.064845 -0.011285  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.017088         -0.035204 -0.091934 -0.071499 -0.009623 -0.064299 -0.011134 -0.076571
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.017279           -0.092773 -0.071930 -0.009756 -0.033987 -0.011286  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ