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

For CCl2- (dichloromethylene 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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000283 -0.010266 -0.025129 -0.006540 -0.023842 -0.023842 -0.025224 -0.115718 -0.115718 -0.045334 -0.013709 -0.077573 -0.150612 -0.016136 -0.083249
MP3=FULL         -0.021932   -0.043553                
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.022232           -0.012156 -0.075046 -0.149311 -0.014519 -0.080783
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