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

For BeF+ (Beryllium monofluoride cation)

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-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000337 -0.002461 -0.002461 -0.001722 -0.006503 -0.006503 -0.006995 -0.033619 -0.033619 -0.009845 -0.002933 -0.019823 -0.052480 -0.026538 -0.019823
MP3=FULL         -0.006555   -0.013099                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL                         -0.055486    
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-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z