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

For CH2BH (methyleneborane)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000969 -0.002828 -0.002828 -0.002519 -0.009407 -0.009930 -0.010057 -0.035675 -0.036064 -0.013350 -0.032708 -0.004340 -0.027316 -0.052673 -0.005055 -0.032787 -0.054055
MP3=FULL         -0.009451   -0.010108       -0.034659 -0.004134 -0.028351        
MP4=FULL   -0.002740     -0.009493       -0.038165     -0.004118 -0.028554   -0.004839 -0.034575  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000296 -0.000858 -0.000858 -0.000762 -0.002812 -0.002964 -0.003002 -0.010281 -0.010404 -0.003947 -0.009431 -0.001311 -0.008011   -0.001528 -0.009572  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.009475             -0.004097 -0.028508   -0.004815 -0.034523  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.009476   -0.010128         -0.002106 -0.028505 -0.055930 -0.004807 -0.034401  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009352         -0.013338 -0.034656 -0.004022 -0.028220 -0.055381 -0.004732 -0.034221 -0.056886
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009478           -0.034885 -0.004097 -0.028508 -0.055933 -0.004815 -0.034523 -0.057419
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ