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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 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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000639 -0.004815 -0.004815 -0.003323 -0.010693 -0.010693 -0.011546 -0.054665 -0.054665 -0.025980 -0.005991 -0.038320 -0.007495 -0.044967
MP3=FULL         -0.010410   -0.014892              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.010221           -0.005491 -0.038278 -0.006845 -0.045240
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