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

For H2CO+ (formaldehyde cation)

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000439 -0.003327 -0.003327 -0.002218 -0.007086 -0.007382 -0.007756 -0.036721 -0.037028 -0.013647 -0.044203 -0.033681 -0.004443 -0.027810 -0.057367 -0.005135 -0.031811 -0.058304 -0.027810 -0.005320 -0.033020
MP3=FULL         -0.006872   -0.010070       -0.045627 -0.034970 -0.004173 -0.028276           -0.005043 -0.033834
MP4=FULL   -0.003178     -0.006914       -0.038267   -0.045925   -0.004165 -0.028395   -0.004855 -0.032692     -0.005038 -0.033994
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000135 -0.000988 -0.000989 -0.000660 -0.002096 -0.002179 -0.002287 -0.010435 -0.010527 -0.003968 -0.012622 -0.009583 -0.001314 -0.008037   -0.001519 -0.009174     -0.001573 -0.009520
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006904           -0.045884   -0.004150 -0.028335   -0.004837 -0.032635     -0.005019 -0.033939
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006907   -0.007571       -0.045873   -0.004147 -0.028337   -0.004833 -0.032640     -0.005015  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006808         -0.013516 -0.045424 -0.034898 -0.004078 -0.028050 -0.059086 -0.004755 -0.032335     -0.004935 -0.033632
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006907           -0.045870 -0.035112 -0.004151 -0.028338 -0.059672 -0.004838 -0.032639 -0.060666   -0.005020 -0.033945
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ