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

For CH2 (Methylene)

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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000195 -0.001426 -0.001426 -0.001092 -0.004129 -0.004427 -0.004501 -0.017831 -0.018146 -0.005173 -0.016516 -0.002037 -0.013925 -0.026877 -0.002223 -0.016348 -0.027428 -0.034652 -0.046915
MP3=FULL         -0.004140   -0.004517       -0.017423 -0.001962 -0.014441            
MP4=FULL   -0.001400     -0.004126       -0.019041     -0.001939 -0.014490   -0.002124 -0.017099      
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000060 -0.000431 -0.000431 -0.000329 -0.001224 -0.001309 -0.001330 -0.005101 -0.005199 -0.001518 -0.004729 -0.000609 -0.004047   -0.000664 -0.004732      
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004108   -0.004461         -0.001922 -0.014436   -0.002105 -0.017034      
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.004110   -0.004482         -0.001921 -0.014434 -0.028285 -0.002104 -0.017032 -0.028863    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004070         -0.005100 -0.017377 -0.001895 -0.014319 -0.028066 -0.002075 -0.016910 -0.028642    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004109           -0.017464 -0.001922 -0.014436 -0.028285 -0.002105 -0.017035 -0.028864 -0.036821 -0.049153
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 cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ