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

For AlO+ (aluminum monoxide 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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.007140 -0.006303 -0.011666 -0.004443 -0.011420 -0.011420 -0.013224 -0.143428 -0.143428 -0.022878 -0.006925 -0.075768 -0.067035
MP3=FULL         -0.011052   -0.018218            
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL                         -0.068102
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