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

For C4H6N+ (pyrrole, alpha-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 -0.002063 -0.008525 -0.008525 -0.006606 -0.023074 -0.024090 -0.024660 -0.093543 -0.094464 -0.042043 -0.085488 -0.012618 -0.077724 -0.014695 -0.092064
MP3=FULL         -0.022673   -0.024282       -0.089325 -0.011871 -0.079949    
MP4=FULL   -0.008176     -0.022763       -0.098485     -0.011861 -0.080382 -0.013924 -0.095921
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000625 -0.002549 -0.002549 -0.001971 -0.006821 -0.007114 -0.007281 -0.026748 -0.027025 -0.012231 -0.024470 -0.003758 -0.022547 -0.004372 -0.026602
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.022698             -0.011787 -0.080233 -0.014028 -0.095758
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.022431         -0.042099 -0.089206 -0.011607 -0.079561 -0.017324  
CCSD(T)=FULL         0.007189           -0.089788 -0.011788 -0.037971 0.021637  
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