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

For C3H5+ (Allyl 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 -0.001266 -0.004824 -0.004824 -0.003855 -0.013844 -0.014679 -0.014923 -0.055068 -0.055748 -0.021008 -0.050414 -0.007262 -0.045773 -0.008086 -0.053359
MP3=FULL         -0.013732   -0.017398                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013730           -0.053187 -0.006828 -0.047502 -0.007647 -0.055746
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