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

For CNH2+ (N-protonated hydrogen isocyanide)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000598 -0.003373 -0.003373 -0.002417 -0.007506 -0.007814 -0.008091 -0.036620 -0.036943 -0.014266 -0.004351 -0.026515 -0.055656 -0.004964 -0.031380 -0.056720
MP3=FULL         -0.007254   -0.010035                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         1.286427           -0.003933 -0.026902 -0.057960 -0.004533 -0.032146 -0.059079
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ