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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 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-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.017712 -0.003691 -0.006017 -0.002781 -0.005676 -0.005755 -0.006164 -0.127144 -0.127252 -0.007222 -0.003227 -0.017911 -0.030076 -0.031453 -0.017911
MP3=FULL         -0.005682   -0.006311                
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