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

For H2NO3+ (Nitric Acid, Protonated)

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 -0.000562 -0.007334 -0.007334 -0.004369 -0.011340 -0.011579 -0.012721 -0.075290 -0.075492 -0.030777 -0.068725 -0.008896 -0.055081 -0.010323 -0.063874
MP3=FULL         -0.010546   -0.022672                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010489           -0.070633 -0.008074 -0.055236 -0.009451 -0.064571
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