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

For CH7N3 (triaminomethane)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001083 -0.007068 -0.007068 -0.004913 -0.014954 -0.016212 -0.016732 -0.075133 -0.076175 -0.036338 -0.090201 -0.069190 -0.010020 -0.059888 -0.117577 -0.011666 -0.071281 -0.119948
MP3=FULL         -0.014358   -0.016138       -0.093052 -0.071731 -0.009331 -0.060895        
MP4=FULL   -0.006697     -0.014380       -0.078626   -0.093669   -0.009271 -0.061138   -0.010893 -0.073452  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000322 -0.002092 -0.002092 -0.001451 -0.004388 -0.004748 -0.004901 -0.021348 -0.021658 -0.010470 -0.025761 -0.019694 -0.002947 -0.017290   -0.003433 -0.020442  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014334           -0.092520   -0.009219 -0.061004   -0.010898    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014178         -0.036592 -0.092635 -0.071550 -0.009108 -0.060509   -0.010700    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014339           -0.093475 -0.071959 -0.009220 -0.061014 -0.124004 -0.010834    
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ