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

For C3H2O (Propadienal)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001342 -0.006666 -0.006666 -0.004941 -0.017298 -0.017628 -0.018188 -0.074419 -0.074692 -0.030553 -0.088975 -0.067772 -0.009257 -0.057959 -0.112879 -0.010713 -0.067815 -0.115393 -0.011137 -0.070563
MP3=FULL         -0.017032   -0.017936       -0.092449 -0.070695 -0.008706 -0.059725         -0.010592 -0.073393
MP4=FULL   -0.006367     -0.016993       -0.077614   -0.093030   -0.008626 -0.059543   -0.010070 -0.070178   -0.010488 -0.073798
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000408 -0.001997 -0.001997 -0.001484 -0.005147 -0.005243 -0.005411 -0.021272 -0.021356 -0.008956 -0.025602 -0.019387 -0.002769 -0.016904   -0.003204 -0.019711   -0.003329 -0.020481
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016974           -0.092942   -0.008590 -0.059635   -0.010032 -0.070323   -0.010451 -0.073300
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016862         -0.030625 -0.092150 -0.070604 -0.008501 -0.059363 -0.117202 -0.009932 -0.070095   -0.010349 -0.073440
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016983           -0.092923 -0.070992 -0.008594 -0.059649 -0.118196 -0.010036 -0.070340 -0.108189 -0.010454 -0.073316
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ