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

For CH3COO- (acetate anion)

Energies in Hartree
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000967 -0.006858 -0.006858 -0.004685 -0.014964 -0.016167 -0.074700 -0.075116 -0.031125 -0.009333 -0.056474 -0.056474
MP3=FULL         -0.014482 -0.053226            
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z