MP2 Correlation energy too big


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Gets Around
Use of spherical functions can do the trick!

title "cubane cc-pV5Z MP2-RI energy"

geometry
symmetry Oh
H 1.41063149 1.41063149 1.41063149
C 0.78371973 0.78371973 0.78371973
end

basis spherical
H library cc-pV5Z
C library cc-pCV5Z
end

basis "ri-mp2 basis"
H library cc-pV5Z-ri
C library cc-pV5Z-ri
end

scf
direct
end

task rimp2


output energy is:
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SCF energy                -307.507287526028
Correlation energy          -1.815754093360
Total MP2 energy          -309.323041619388
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