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

For C2H5OO (ethylperoxy radical)


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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001061 -0.006864 -0.006864 -0.004688 -0.014380 -0.015288 -0.016061 -0.074307 -0.075020 -0.030626 -0.009425 -0.057614
MP3=FULL         -0.013893   -0.028256          
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.013877           -0.008702 -0.025465
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