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

For HCO2- (formate 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-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000519 -0.005202 -0.005202 -0.003334 -0.010083 -0.010220 -0.010829 -0.056013 -0.056175 -0.022069 -0.006686 -0.040616 -0.040616
MP3=FULL         -0.009640   -0.047616            
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-pV(T+d)Z