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

For SO2H+ (protonated sulfur dioxide)

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 -0.001121 -0.009217 -0.017226 -0.005649 -0.017628 -0.017758 -0.019058 -0.157983 -0.158092 -0.039385 -0.063486 -0.011828 -0.062257 -0.014559 -0.069075
MP3=FULL         -0.016642   -0.018064       -0.063651 -0.010948 -0.061372    
MP4=FULL   -0.008491     -0.016641       -0.158304     -0.010864 -0.061785 -0.013546 -0.068770
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000349 -0.002764 -0.005188 -0.001690 -0.005265 -0.005303 -0.005691 -0.045290 -0.045322 -0.011681 -0.018300 -0.003540 -0.018327 -0.004361 -0.020282
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.016617             -0.010868 -0.061732 -0.013584 -0.068762
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.016321         -0.037766 -0.063259 -0.010650 -0.060783 -0.013362 -0.067821
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.016654           -0.064018 -0.010902 -0.061787 -0.013630 -0.068825
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