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

For C2H5NO3 (Nitric acid, ethyl ester)

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 -0.001436 -0.010621 -0.010621 -0.007077 -0.021013 -0.021928 -0.023405 -0.112421 -0.113144 -0.047820 -0.102792 -0.014148 -0.086504
MP3=FULL         -0.020164   -0.022556       -0.106238 -0.013162 -0.088058
MP4=FULL   -0.009995     -0.020159       -0.116341     -0.013070 -0.087874
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000428 -0.003131 -0.003131 -0.002084 -0.006166 -0.006428 -0.006854 -0.031874 -0.032089 -0.013784 -0.029186 -0.004153 -0.024939
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.020099             -0.013010 -0.085756
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019916         -0.047756 -0.105972 -0.012857 -0.087337
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.020118           -0.106561 -0.013019 -0.098534
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