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

For CCl3- (Trichloromethyl 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** cc-pVDZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000417 -0.014834 -0.037232 -0.009459 -0.034335 -0.034335 -0.036298 -0.165294 -0.165294 -0.020057
MP3=FULL         -0.031449   -0.053027      
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.031874          
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** cc-pVDZ