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

For LiK (Lithium Potassium)

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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.014810 -0.001465 -0.003444 -0.000370 -0.000727 -0.000727 -0.000785 -0.120133 -0.120133 -0.002977 -0.045013
MP3=FULL         -0.000695   -0.001016        
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.000703           -0.050807
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP