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

For C4H4Se (selenophene)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001957 -0.010633 -0.017651 -0.018652 -0.055210 -0.055968 -0.057484 -0.454172 -0.454855 -0.137188 -0.513964 -0.138235 -0.020280 -0.113129 -0.023957 -0.132837 -0.025083  
MP3=FULL         -0.052261   -0.054501       -0.467465 -0.128944 -0.018310 -0.107188     -0.022737  
MP4=FULL   -0.010230     -0.054263       -0.438593   -0.495717   -0.019331 -0.113496 -0.022979 -0.133744 -0.024090 -0.139054
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000608 -0.003219 -0.005392 -0.005621 -0.016990 -0.017208 -0.017657 -0.133743 -0.133947 -0.042028 -0.151456 -0.040547 -0.006184 -0.033478 -0.007291 -0.039122 -0.007633 -0.040678
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.053695           -0.487031   -0.018961 -0.111249 -0.022519 -0.162008 -0.023404 -0.136084
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.052483         -0.128517 -0.480966 -0.132150 -0.018303 -0.108858 -0.021756 -0.128766 -0.022805 -0.133686
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.053672           -0.486806 -0.093659 -0.018949 -0.111152 -0.022498 -0.181258 -0.023583 -0.133921
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ