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

For BC (boron monocarbide)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000639 -0.002590 -0.002590 0.011112 -0.008247 -0.008247 -0.008481 -0.034422 -0.034422 -0.009405 -0.031282 -0.002937 -0.020659 -0.048159 -0.003356 -0.024374 -0.048868
MP3=FULL         -0.008316   -0.015858                    
MP4=FULL   -0.012108     -0.008224       -0.035867     -0.002689 -0.021118   -0.003125 -0.025117  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008055           -0.033105 -0.002659 -0.020912 -0.050427 -0.003072 -0.024982 -0.051178
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008157           -0.033334 -0.002715 -0.021073 -0.050912 -0.003133 -0.025071 -0.051660
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ