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

For MgSO4 (Magnesium Sulfate)

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.018990 -0.017069 -0.028025 -0.011175 -0.032452 -0.032452 -0.036196 -0.323034 -0.323034 -0.069144 -0.171221 -0.021411 -0.112587 -0.028169 -0.128727
MP3=FULL         -0.031147   -0.034941       -0.172811 -0.020052 -0.111959    
MP4=FULL   -0.016136     -0.031551       -0.325575     -0.020232 -0.113770 -0.026931  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.006356 -0.005260 -0.008638 -0.003443 -0.009861 -0.009861 -0.011029 -0.094118 -0.094118 -0.020705 -0.050465 -0.006508 -0.033498 -0.008595 -0.038200
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.031572             -0.020254 -0.113760 -0.026988  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.030981         -0.067965 -0.173467 -0.019827 -0.111831 -0.026527 -0.128825
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.031603           -0.175419 -0.020282 -0.113782 -0.027033  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ