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

For KOH (Potassium hydroxide)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.017170 -0.006875 -0.008568 -0.001036 -0.002530 -0.002654 -0.002890 -0.125858 -0.125989 -0.007943 -0.152066 -0.052947
MP3=FULL         -0.002276   -0.002635       -0.148379 -0.055793
MP4=FULL   -0.006982     -0.002309       -0.123933   -0.149445  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.006542 -0.003069 -0.003460 -0.000301 -0.000733 -0.000768 -0.000837 -0.035634 -0.035672 -0.002286 -0.043229 -0.017148
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.002291           -0.149297  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.002266         -0.007777 -0.148032 -0.056773
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.002292           -0.149289 -0.057398
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP