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Bond Length differences between FULL (all electrons correlated) and FROZEN core

Such as MP2=Frozen and MP2=Full
17 10 27 16 27

For LiO- atoms 1 and 2

For LiO- (lithium oxide anion)
Bond length differences (full - frozen) in Å. Mouse over a difference for the bond length with full correlation.
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-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0005 -0.0022 0.0041 0.0260 0.0048 0.0045 0.0046 0.0012 0.0111 0.0164 0.0629 0.0253
MP3=FULL         0.0796   0.0263                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         0.0756             0.0124 0.0172   0.0260
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-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ

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