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

For FO- (flourine oxide anion)

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-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000092 -0.003630 -0.003630 -0.002031 -0.004240 -0.004240 -0.004963 -0.037172 -0.037172 -0.011223 -0.004050 -0.024192 -0.060407 -0.004422 -0.060891 -0.024192
MP3=FULL         -0.003778   -0.056175                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.003792               -0.061641   -0.062055  
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-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z