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

For PF6 (Hexafluorophosphate neutral)

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.002591 -0.018570 -0.025505 -0.011958 -0.031061 -0.031061 -0.034408 -0.237033 -0.237033 -0.063409 -0.134374 -0.021837 -0.125524 -0.029133 -0.144039
MP3=FULL         -0.029714   -0.033048       -0.135931 -0.020393 -0.124384    
MP4=FULL   -0.017272     -0.030098       -0.238561     -0.020469 -0.126047 -0.027809  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000795 -0.005495 -0.007630 -0.003534 -0.009210 -0.009210 -0.010167 -0.067700 -0.067700 -0.018671 -0.038228 -0.006443 -0.036428 -0.008601 -0.041671
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.030008             -0.020431 -0.079028 0.064413  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.029551         -0.061947 -0.135704 -0.020113 -0.123907 -0.027401  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.030045           -0.136691 0.010106 -0.065439 -0.027817  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ