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

For CH4+ (Methane 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) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000424 -0.001571 -0.001571 -0.001242 -0.004371 -0.004955 -0.004989 -0.018143 -0.018714 -0.006558 -0.002610 -0.015424 -0.028200     -0.028783
MP3=FULL         -0.052475   -0.005564                  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL                     -0.002457 -0.015998   -0.002720 -0.018575  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ