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

For HCOO (formate neutral radical)

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000525 -0.005159 -0.005159 -0.003286 -0.009908 -0.010067 -0.010696 -0.055734 -0.055906 -0.021762 -0.050884 -0.006552 -0.040404 -0.087143 -0.007663 -0.046073 -0.088582
MP3=FULL         -0.009500   -0.021340                    
MP4=FULL   -0.004889     -0.009555       -0.057466     -0.006084 -0.040931   -0.007194 -0.046984  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.009403           -0.052465 -0.005972 -0.040559 -0.089492 -0.007059 -0.046633 -0.091120
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.009523           -0.052746 -0.006057 -0.040967 -0.092713 -0.007194 -0.046972 -0.059001
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ