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

For C4H3ClO (Furan,3-chloro)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001947 -0.013056 -0.020602 -0.009373 -0.032946 -0.033468 -0.034826 -0.143157 -0.143668 -0.060162 -0.112884 -0.018484 -0.109184 -0.022000
MP3=FULL         -0.031576   -0.033450       -0.115386 -0.016880 -0.109176  
MP4=FULL   -0.012346     -0.031890       -0.147317     -0.017070   -0.020550
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000590 -0.003923 -0.006179 -0.002810 -0.009785 -0.009935 -0.010337 -0.041017 -0.041171 -0.017670 -0.032485 -0.005532 -0.031926 -0.006579
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.031768             -0.016963 -0.108848 -0.020414
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.031283         -0.057620 -0.115233 -0.016604 -0.108739 -0.019997
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.031772           -0.116268 -0.016961   -0.020408
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