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

For C3H3- (Propargyl 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-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001528 -0.004878 -0.004878 -0.003900 -0.014224 -0.014725 -0.014986 -0.055462 -0.055865 -0.020794 -0.007176 -0.044217 -0.083061 -0.052255 -0.084911
MP3=FULL         -0.014038   -0.049797                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.014045                    
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-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ