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

For NaH- (sodium hydride anion)

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 aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.040369 -0.000982 -0.001510 -0.001452 -0.002216 -0.002255 -0.002279 -0.131280 -0.131392 -0.008515 -0.001152 -0.010989   -0.010989
MP3=FULL         -0.002210   -0.007955              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL                         -0.035238  
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 aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z