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

For C4H4N- (pyrrolide 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001967 -0.008474 -0.008474 -0.006551 -0.023067 -0.023706 -0.024295 -0.093620 -0.094224 -0.039727 -0.085322 -0.012246 -0.075424 -0.014131 -0.089134
MP3=FULL         -0.022650   -0.023895       -0.089114 -0.011479 -0.077560    
MP4=FULL   -0.008126     -0.022741       -0.098215     -0.011466 -0.077943 -0.013341 -0.092793
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000595 -0.002536 -0.002536 -0.001956 -0.006825 -0.007008 -0.007183 -0.026778 -0.026961 -0.011602 -0.024425 -0.003652 -0.021931 -0.004215 -0.025821
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022425           -0.089015 -0.011239 -0.077228 -0.013086 -0.092038
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.022688           -0.089588 -0.011403 -0.077843 -0.013265 -0.092683
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