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

For CH2FCH2CH2F (1,3-difluoropropane)

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 -0.001409 -0.008699 -0.008699 -0.006124 -0.018896 -0.019972 -0.021057 -0.093424 -0.094339 -0.036165 -0.113263 -0.085164 -0.012017 -0.073903 -0.014131 -0.085645
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000424 -0.002566 -0.002566 -0.001809 -0.005557 -0.005864 -0.006174 -0.026507 -0.026779 -0.010466 -0.032271 -0.024198 -0.003532 -0.021288 -0.004155 -0.024618
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL                     -0.117291          
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.018206         -0.035940 -0.116329 -0.088076 -0.011018 -0.074705 -0.013081 -0.087338
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.018412           -0.153552 -0.088542 -0.011161 -0.075342 -0.013244  
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