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

For CO2- (Carbon dioxide anion)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000437 -0.005126 -0.005126 -0.003255 -0.009914 -0.009914 -0.010645 -0.055823 -0.055823 -0.021322 -0.006378 -0.038821 -0.086704 -0.007466 -0.044911 -0.088183
MP3=FULL         -0.009496   -0.046558                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009498           -0.005858 -0.039170 -0.089807 -0.006933 -0.045688  
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-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ