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

For C4H6O2 (Crotonic Acid)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001962 -0.010299 -0.010299 -0.007482 -0.024921 -0.025952 -0.026773 -0.112204 -0.113014 -0.047389 -0.102425 -0.014559 -0.089394 -0.016924
MP3=FULL         -0.024318   -0.044405              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.024364           -0.106989 -0.013533 -0.040061 -0.015873
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