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

For C6H8 ((E)-hexa-2,3,4-triene)

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 -0.002716 -0.010059 -0.010059 -0.008157 -0.029285 -0.030707 -0.031245 -0.111828 -0.112967 -0.047646 -0.102248 -0.015426 -0.093951 -0.017461 -0.111309
MP3=FULL         -0.028986   -0.030967       -0.107151 -0.014582 -0.097024    
MP4=FULL   -0.009666     -0.029110       -0.118203     -0.014551 -0.097598 -0.016586  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000823 -0.003019 -0.003019 -0.002442 -0.008685 -0.009092 -0.009251 -0.032060 -0.032401 -0.013955 -0.029335 -0.004617 -0.027340 -0.005225 -0.032287
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.029020             -0.014458 -0.097401 -0.016482  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.028678         -0.047579 -0.107030 -0.014235 -0.096600 -0.016235  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.029033           -0.107761 -0.014461 -0.097408 -0.016484  
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