CCL:G: Gaussian 03: Potential energy scan and transition state




Dear Henry,
I do not have an example with an SN2 reaction, but I attach a display of the results of a G03 investigation of the decarbonylation reaction of anti- and syn-methoxycarbonyl radicals. First are performed relaxed potential energy surface scans by selecting OPT(modredundant) with the S input parameter. Then each transition structure is refined in a separate job step with OPT(ts) or OPT(saddle=2). There are also other possibilities, like OPT(qst2), OPT(qst3), etc. Study the manual!
Yours, Jens >--<
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On 11/4/2010 13:16, Henry Martinez Hmartine+*+gmail.com wrote:
Sent to CCL by: "Henry  Martinez" [Hmartine__gmail.com]
 I forgot to mention the software I am using. Thanks for those who answer asking
 me for this.
 I am using Gaussian 03. I would like to do a potential energy scan (PES) with a
 Transition
 State (TS) at the same time. I mean, when the scan gets to the correct distance
 where the
 transition state happens I would like it to be calculated. Is that possible? If
 so, how the input
 should looks like? Anybody could give me an example with a simple SN2 reaction?
 Thanks a
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