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

For C4H5N (Pyrrole)

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 -0.002067 -0.008591 -0.008591 -0.006655 -0.023335 -0.024173 -0.024759 -0.093867 -0.094650 -0.040990 -0.111849 -0.085618 -0.012635 -0.077241 -0.014556 -0.091270
MP3=FULL         -0.022907   -0.038005       -0.116114 -0.089414 -0.011865 -0.079436    
MP4=FULL         -0.023013           -0.117220          
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000624 -0.002570 -0.002570 -0.001986 -0.006901 -0.007142 -0.007316 -0.026848 -0.027084 -0.011951 -0.032175 -0.024510 -0.003764   -0.004335 -0.026408
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                     -0.117006         -0.094928
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022683         -0.040969 -0.115840 -0.089321 -0.011621 -0.079114 -0.013500 -0.094231
CCSD(T)=FULL                       -0.089902       -0.048380
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