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

For K2O2 (dipotassium dioxide)

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.028912 -0.014354 -0.021046 -0.002068 -0.005074 -0.005074 -0.005706 -0.251778 -0.251778 -0.015646 -0.304084 -0.120537
B2PLYP=FULL -0.009578 -0.004141 -0.007842 -0.000601 -0.001472 -0.001472 -0.001655 -0.071289 -0.071289 -0.004505 -0.086445 -0.034261
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.004586           -0.298497  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.004524         -0.015303 -0.295883 -0.128742
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.004590           -0.298470 -0.126812
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP