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

For (CH3)3CC(CH3)3 (tetramethylbutane)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.003785 -0.013723 -0.013723 -0.011360 -0.039254 -0.042463 -0.043198 -0.149627 -0.152044 -0.077307 -0.137691 -0.021986 -0.130662
MP3=FULL         -0.038810   -0.053775            
MP4=FULL   -0.013200     -0.039023                
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001147 -0.004078 -0.004107 -0.003392 -0.011590 -0.012510 -0.012705 -0.042827 -0.043549 -0.022312 -0.039482 -0.006540 -0.037804
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.038473                
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.038925                
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