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

For C4H6 (Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane)

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 -0.001914 -0.006737 -0.006737 -0.005440 -0.019507 -0.020582 -0.020865 -0.074924 -0.075884 -0.033415 -0.068347 -0.010322 -0.063703 -0.112547 -0.012143 -0.074797 -0.115680
MP3=FULL         -0.019265   -0.020637       -0.071562 -0.009720 -0.065765        
MP4=FULL   -0.006447     -0.019342       -0.079295     -0.009703 -0.066129     -0.078169  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000579 -0.002020 -0.002020 -0.001629 -0.005771 -0.006079 -0.006164 -0.021470 -0.021759 -0.009746 -0.019602 -0.003086 -0.018519   -0.003627 -0.021671  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019292             -0.009643 -0.066030   -0.011444 -0.078051  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019090         -0.033459 -0.071501 -0.009515 -0.065541   -0.011299 -0.077486  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019300           -0.071958 -0.009644     -0.011446    
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