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

For SF5+ (pentafluoro sulfur cation)

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 -0.001454 -0.015491 -0.023314 -0.009534 -0.027442 -0.027442 -0.030213 -0.214743 -0.214743 -0.055967 -0.115569 -0.019115 -0.104162 -0.025465 -0.117907
MP3=FULL         -0.026076   -0.028812       -0.116459 -0.017690 -0.102756    
MP4=FULL   -0.014104     -0.026231       -0.215524     -0.017693 -0.103505 -0.023976  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000445 -0.004566 -0.006937 -0.002812 -0.008093 -0.008093 -0.008894 -0.061128 -0.061128 -0.016429 -0.032847 -0.005615 -0.030175 -0.007486 -0.034063
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.026202             -0.017688 -0.103455 -0.024013  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.025837         -0.054235 -0.116163 -0.017409 -0.102221 -0.023729  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.026249           -0.117067 -0.017723 -0.103515 -0.024069  
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