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

For BeCl+ (beryllium monochloride 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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000520 -0.005151 -0.012657 -0.003553 -0.014131 -0.014131 -0.014777 -0.064128 -0.064128 -0.024223 -0.007176 -0.042975     -0.114058
MP3=FULL         -0.013361   -0.015169                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL                     -0.006507 -0.042450 -0.007891 -0.049015  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z