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

For H2NCOHNH2+ (urea, 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 -0.001036 -0.007192 -0.007192 -0.004817 -0.014834 -0.015684 -0.016287 -0.075632 -0.076369 -0.034965 -0.069261 -0.009997 -0.059685 -0.011555 -0.068873
MP3=FULL         -0.014211   -0.015681       -0.071634 -0.009317 -0.060618    
MP4=FULL   -0.006813     -0.014271       -0.078664     -0.009291 -0.060846 -0.010838 -0.070720
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000310 -0.002127 -0.002127 -0.001422 -0.004355 -0.004599 -0.004775 -0.021473 -0.021689 -0.010084 -0.019689 -0.002937 -0.017221 -0.003396 -0.019813
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.014229             -0.009249 -0.060763 -0.010787 -0.070635
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.014072         -0.035060 -0.071508 -0.009136 -0.060277 -0.010657 -0.070136
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014232           -0.071900 -0.009251 -0.060773 -0.010788 -0.070646
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