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

For CaH+ (Calcium 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.004129 -0.001092 -0.003161 -0.000071 -0.000118 -0.000118 -0.000130 -0.107773 -0.107862 -0.000904 -0.029790 -0.080247 -0.160239 -0.215095
MP4=FULL   -0.001196     -0.000108       -0.103413     -0.088914 -0.175087  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.000104           -0.032580 -0.088117 -0.172740 -0.230805
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.000108           -0.033048 -0.089352 -0.175440 -0.236364
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ