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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 Ar2+ atoms 1 and 2

For Ar2+ (Argon diatomic cation)
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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL 0.0000 0.0003 0.0009 0.0002 0.0004 0.0004 0.0008 -0.0006 -0.0006 0.0027 -0.0002 0.0008 0.0034 0.0038 0.0019 0.0060 0.0071
MP3=FULL         0.0004   0.0006       -0.0002 0.0007 0.0028        
MP4=FULL   0.0004     0.0004       -0.0006     0.0008 0.0038   0.0019 0.0060  
B2PLYP=FULL 0.0000 0.0002 0.0004 0.0001 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 -0.0001 -0.0001 0.0009 0.0000 0.0004 0.0011   0.0008 0.0019  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         0.0004             0.0008 0.0037   0.0018 0.0057  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         0.0005         0.0023 -0.0001 0.0008 0.0031 0.0036 0.0019 0.0058 0.0068
CCSD(T)=FULL         0.0004           -0.0002 0.0008 0.0037 0.0042 0.0019 0.0057 0.0065
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ

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