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

For H2CC- (vinylidene 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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000620 -0.003063 -0.003063 -0.002402 -0.008820 -0.009123 -0.009316 -0.036364 -0.036633 -0.012017 -0.042256 -0.033220 -0.004257 -0.026925 -0.053934 -0.004724 -0.032003 -0.054966
MP3=FULL         -0.008729   -0.009223       -0.044008 -0.034878 -0.003998 -0.027613        
MP4=FULL   -0.002942     -0.008738       -0.038300   -0.044390   -0.003962 -0.027749   -0.004425 -0.033241  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000188 -0.000919 -0.000919 -0.000718 -0.002603 -0.002688 -0.002747 -0.010402 -0.010484 -0.003499 -0.012147 -0.009510 -0.001265 -0.007808   -0.001405 -0.009248  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.008673           -0.044210   -0.003910 -0.027531   -0.004367 -0.033001  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.008673   -0.009167       -0.044196   -0.003902 -0.027517 -0.056488 -0.004356    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.008568         -0.011729 -0.043756 -0.034773 -0.003846 -0.027273 -0.056007 -0.004292 -0.032730  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008678           -0.044208 -0.035002 -0.003912 -0.027540 -0.056575 -0.004368 -0.033013 -0.057660
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 cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ