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

For S4N4 (Tetrasulfur tetranitride)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.003542 -0.028993 -0.061306 -0.018410 -0.061565 -0.061565 -0.065773 -0.557950 -0.557950 -0.134412 -0.757456 -0.186085 -0.038442 -0.198510 -0.047715 -0.221807
MP3=FULL             -0.062575       -0.748881 -0.185207 -0.035515 -0.195673    
MP4=FULL         -0.057858               0.023722   -0.043982  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001135 -0.008877 -0.018640 -0.005640 -0.018638 -0.018638 -0.019898 -0.160538 -0.160538   -0.219165 -0.054296 -0.011764 -0.059187 -0.014727  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.058553               -0.035527   -0.046225 -0.216396
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.057653         -0.128909   -0.184240 -0.034787 -0.194594 -0.044789  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.058629           -0.756287 -0.186877 -0.035587   -0.045563  
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