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

For Cu+ (Copper 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)
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.016853 -0.065187 -0.065187 -0.070331 -0.074590 -0.074590 -0.148749 -0.436589 -0.436589 -0.110751
MP3=FULL         -0.050865   -0.214513      
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.062677          
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p)