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

For N3- (azide anion)

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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000521 -0.005244 -0.005244 -0.003423 -0.009959 -0.009959 -0.010678 -0.056143 -0.056143 -0.024347 -0.006628 -0.039559 -0.046114 -0.149202
MP3=FULL         -0.009599   -0.038916              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009499             -0.040504 -0.047618 -0.155159
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pCVTZ