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

For CaBr2 (Calcium dibromide)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.004161 -0.007564 -0.025508 -0.020346 -0.054585 -0.054585 -0.055778 -0.897689 -0.897689 -0.165878 -1.014543 -0.159642 -0.100064 -0.258833
MP3=FULL         -0.050704   -0.051856       -0.908533 -0.140162 -0.104321 -0.256693
MP4=FULL   -0.007334     -0.052538           -0.957486   -0.107145 -0.268695
B2PLYP=FULL -0.001361 -0.002310 -0.007876 -0.005958 -0.016737 -0.016737 -0.017085 -0.262380 -0.262380 -0.051220 -0.296672 -0.047855 -0.032309 -0.081946
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.052167           -0.943593   -0.107023 -0.265863
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.051042         -0.153816 -0.934025 -0.145973 -0.104967 -0.259335
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.052122           -0.943258 -0.149818 -0.106990 -0.265603
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ