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

For NaOCH3 (Sodium methoxide)

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 -0.039697 -0.004733 -0.005278 -0.004269 -0.010266 -0.010753 -0.015256 -0.168304 -0.168750 -0.025735 -0.109679 -0.006593 -0.040896 -0.014455 -0.051491
MP3=FULL         -0.009962   -0.029867                
MP4=FULL   -0.004565     -0.010179       -0.171576     -0.006323 -0.042664 -0.014912 -0.054170
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009971           -0.112340 -0.006183 -0.042082 -0.014748 -0.053581
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010155           -0.113991 -0.006291 -0.042652 -0.014942 -0.054284
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