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

For CH5N2O+ (urea, N-protonated)

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 -0.000989 -0.007104 -0.007104 -0.004779 -0.014667 -0.015537 -0.016151 -0.075245 -0.075996 -0.035028 -0.069039 -0.009812 -0.058718 -0.011401 -0.068635
MP3=FULL         -0.014088   -0.015589       -0.071458 -0.009164 -0.059760    
MP4=FULL   -0.006748     -0.014124       -0.078319     -0.009113 -0.059828 -0.010692 -0.070484
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000297 -0.002101 -0.002101 -0.001410 -0.004308 -0.004558 -0.004738 -0.021360 -0.021582 -0.010097 -0.019627 -0.002884 -0.016953 -0.003353 -0.019748
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014087             -0.009075 -0.059814 -0.010647 -0.070486
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.013939         -0.035268 -0.071314 -0.008970 -0.059366 -0.010524 -0.070043
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014093           -0.071708 -0.009079 -0.022065 -0.010650 -0.070510
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