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

For BBr3 (Boron tribromide)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000759 -0.011277 -0.033142 -0.033482 -0.089377 -0.089377 -0.091721 -1.202849 -1.202849 -0.263595 -0.213268 -0.026592 -0.154761 -0.034228 -0.172974
MP3=FULL         -0.083579   -0.141459                
MP4=FULL   -0.010835     -0.086869       -1.132892     -0.025360 -0.149555 -0.032995  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.084149           -0.189696 -0.023587 -0.139868 -0.030644  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.085980           -0.195082 -0.024777 -0.144762 -0.032148  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ