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

For H3O2+ (hydrogen peroxide, protonated)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000228 -0.003678 -0.003678 -0.002117 -0.004892 -0.005235 -0.005566 -0.037351 -0.037639 -0.014088 -0.004449 -0.026836 -0.004970 -0.030619
MP3=FULL         -0.004449   -0.010370              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004432           -0.004011 -0.026689 -0.004515 -0.030675
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ