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

For Na+ (Sodium atom 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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.038103 -0.000855 -0.000968 -0.001331 -0.001496 -0.001496 -0.001582 -0.129765 -0.129765 -0.006106 -0.148418 -0.148418 -0.074124 -0.000857 -0.009291 -0.009100 -0.000937 -0.009547 -0.009216 -0.009291
MP3=FULL         -0.001391                              
MP4=FULL   -0.000825     -0.001461       -0.131155           -0.010103     -0.010378    
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.001425                              
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.001456             -0.150884                
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z