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

For CBr3 (tribromomethyl radical)

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 -0.000417 -0.011673 -0.032672 -0.033419 -0.088037 -0.088037 -0.090643 -1.202196 -1.202196 -0.261532 -1.348773 -0.214147 -0.026388 -0.151757 -0.033104 -0.167878
MP3=FULL         -0.082402   -0.084935       -1.198203 -0.182368 -0.023053 -0.132532    
MP4=FULL   -0.011154     -0.085472       -1.132303   -1.270324   -0.025079 -0.146296 -0.031822 -0.161945
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000135 -0.003536 -0.009973 -0.009833 -0.026944 -0.026944 -0.027713 -0.352828 -0.352828 -0.080319 -0.395952 -0.063521 -0.008121 -0.045467 -0.010149 -0.050087
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.084663           -1.249388   -0.024562 -0.141877 -0.031084 -0.157105
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.082829         -0.242731 -1.236071 -0.190232 -0.023375 -0.136813 -0.029573 -0.151876
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.084602             -0.195610 -0.024533 -0.141629 -0.031022  
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