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

For C(CN)4 (tetracyanomethane)

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 -0.002833 -0.015281 -0.015281 -0.011462 -0.039616 -0.039615 -0.041325 -0.168867 -0.168867 -0.083639 -0.153640 -0.020698 -0.129916 -0.024941 -0.153858
MP3=FULL         -0.038903   -0.040642       -0.160104 -0.019345 -0.133718    
MP4=FULL   -0.014555     -0.038831       -0.175454     -0.019260 -0.133668 -0.023456 -0.159421
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000860 -0.004558 -0.004558 -0.003418 -0.011749 -0.011749 -0.012251 -0.048252 -0.048252 -0.024386 -0.043925 -0.006181 -0.037882 -0.007439 -0.044659
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.038308           -0.159691 -0.018831 -0.132548    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.038779           -0.160777 -0.019149 -0.133760    
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