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

For C5H6N+ (Pyridinium)

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 aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002538 -0.010262 -0.010262 -0.008021 -0.028264 -0.029271 -0.030003 -0.112445 -0.113330 -0.049649 -0.102615 -0.015172 -0.093247 -0.017414 -0.110595
MP3=FULL         -0.027816   -0.029584       -0.107262 -0.014298 -0.096066    
MP4=FULL   -0.009863     -0.027927       -0.118245     -0.014279 -0.089863 -0.016510  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000768 -0.003071 -0.003071 -0.002395 -0.008362 -0.008653 -0.008868 -0.032173 -0.032438 -0.014476 -0.029385 -0.004524 -0.027080 -0.005190 -0.031988
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.027848             -0.014198 -0.096398 -0.016417 -0.114784
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.027527         -0.049715 -0.107140 -0.013990 -0.095652 -0.016190 -0.114695
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.027857           -0.107839 -0.014200 -0.096404 -0.016419  
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 aug-cc-pVTZ