From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Mon Oct 27 23:41:00 2014 From: "Radhika Narayanan radhika.narayanan.n|*|gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Problem with the convergence of Maximium and RMS displacement Message-Id: <-50647-141027233950-3191-ll8b5Fz/qSHWSV0uwO2qEg^_^server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Radhika Narayanan" Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:39:48 -0400 Sent to CCL by: "Radhika Narayanan" [radhika.narayanan.n- -gmail.com] Dear all, I am dealing with the IR spectra of organometallic compounds.While doing the optimization using DFT functional, I encounter the following trouble: Maximum Force 0.000079 0.000450 YES RMS Force 0.000018 0.000300 YES Maximum Displacement 0.116059 0.001800 NO RMS Displacement 0.028645 0.001200 NO Error termination request processed by link 9999. However, optimization at HF level using the same basis set gave a converged geometry. Maximum Force 0.000004 0.000450 YES RMS Force 0.000001 0.000300 YES Maximum Displacement 0.001674 0.001800 YES RMS Displacement 0.000428 0.001200 YES What might be the reason for this error?Could anyone suggest a solution for this problem? Thanks in advance, sincerely, Radhika