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

For HOCH2COOH (Hydroxyacetic 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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001141 -0.008812 -0.008812 -0.005850 -0.017866 -0.018509 -0.019406 -0.093786 -0.094323 -0.039363 -0.011715 -0.071229 -0.013874 -0.082954
MP3=FULL         -0.017152   -0.039754              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         4.539018           -0.010797 -0.071711 -0.012929 -0.083667
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ