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

For CBr4 (Carbon tetrabromide)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000516 -0.015157 -0.043652 -0.044441 -0.117036 -0.117036 -0.120749 -1.597356 -1.597356 -0.349785 -1.792831 -0.281032 -0.034831 -0.200023
MP3=FULL         -0.109388   -0.187880              
MP4=FULL   -0.014446     -0.113535       -1.503823       -0.033061 -0.192543
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000163 -0.004584 -0.013314 -0.013066 -0.035823 -0.035821 -0.036914 -0.468860 -0.468860 -0.107389 -0.526362 -0.083381 -0.010711 -0.059979
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.112475               -0.032368 -0.186599
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.110001         -0.324917   -0.248581 -0.030785 -0.179823
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.112390             -0.255762 -0.032330 -0.186262
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