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

For C3H3N2- (imidizolyl 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 -0.001674 -0.008566 -0.008566 -0.006354 -0.021690 -0.022178 -0.022926 -0.093760 -0.094231 -0.040939 -0.085603 -0.012036 -0.073751 -0.014125 -0.086580
MP3=FULL         -0.021168   -0.022421       -0.089177 -0.011255 -0.075615    
MP4=FULL   -0.008188     -0.021222       -0.097901     -0.011222 -0.075882 -0.013297 -0.089727
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000505 -0.002556 -0.002556 -0.001892 -0.006411 -0.006550 -0.006772 -0.026768 -0.026909 -0.011920 -0.024463 -0.003579 -0.021432 -0.004202 -0.025067
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.020935           -0.089030 -0.011010 -0.075218 -0.013055 -0.089078
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.021173           -0.089591 -0.011164 -0.075811 -0.013225 -0.089669
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