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

For MgH- (magnesium monohydride 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-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.017386 -0.003889 -0.006640 -0.002888 -0.006213 -0.006290 -0.006628 -0.127915 -0.127997 -0.008340 -0.003642 -0.018644 -0.031148 -0.032272 -0.018644
MP3=FULL         -0.006153   -0.013345                
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-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z