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

For CF+ (carbon monofluoride 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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000390 -0.003458 -0.003458 -0.002320 -0.006428 -0.006428 -0.006976 -0.036427 -0.036427 -0.010254 -0.003881 -0.023890 -0.056568 -0.004616 -0.057436 -0.023890
MP3=FULL         -0.006167   -0.009268                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006102               -0.058293   -0.059194  
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-pVDZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z