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

For BO2- (Boron 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 -0.000613 -0.004905 -0.004905 -0.003399 -0.010856 -0.010856 -0.011664 -0.055093 -0.055093 -0.026277 -0.006235 -0.038775 -0.085049 -0.007643 -0.045284 -0.086408
MP3=FULL         -0.010561   -0.048791                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010638           -0.005791 -0.039525 -0.088650 -0.007237 -0.046622  
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