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

For H2SO3 (Sulfurous acid)

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 -0.001156 -0.011073 -0.019071 -0.006788 -0.020811 -0.021106 -0.022626 -0.176897 -0.177128 -0.048480 -0.081080 -0.014356 -0.076829 -0.018006 -0.086253
MP3=FULL         -0.019632   -0.021450       -0.081651 -0.013259 -0.075801    
MP4=FULL   -0.010225     -0.019696       -0.177682     -0.013229 -0.076466 -0.016812  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000354 -0.003309 -0.005727 -0.002022 -0.006185 -0.006271 -0.006721 -0.050607 -0.050675 -0.014290 -0.023263 -0.004268 -0.022475 -0.005355 -0.025167
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.019650             -0.013204 -0.076327 -0.016807  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.019341         -0.046870 -0.081301 -0.012967 -0.075253 -0.016565  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.019677           -0.082095 -0.013227 -0.076366 -0.016841  
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