From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri Dec 30 14:01:00 2011 From: "Johannes Poms poms|*|student.tugraz.at" To: CCL Subject: CCL:G: Gaussian TDDFT calculations Ir(ppy)3 an Iridium complex for OLEDs Message-Id: <-46095-111230135503-23778-CR2BFzwRdXc4iJNMGdDELQ|a|server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Johannes Poms Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:55:06 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Johannes Poms [poms__student.tugraz.at] > Sent to CCL by: "Enrico D Ortenzio" [enrico.dortenzio]^[hotmail.it] > > > ********************************************* > Gaussian 03: x86-Win32-G03RevB.01 3-Mar-2003 > 30-Dec-2011 > ********************************************* > %chk=C:\Users\Enrico D\Desktop\Gaussian\Results\iRIDIUM OLED1.chk > Default route: MaxDisk=4gb > ----------------------------------- > # opt b3lyp/3-21g geom=connectivity > ----------------------------------- -> > Ir -0.764 0.995 -1.7816 Iridium! > Number of steps in this run= 366 maximum allowed number of steps= 366. Probably more steps needed > [snip] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rotational constants (GHZ): 0.1309462 0.1155067 0.1031387 Really the end of your log file? My logfile states: "Standard basis: 3-21G (6D, 7F) 3-21G basis sets are only available up to Xe." So you are requesting the 3-21G basis set but Iridium is not included. Check the manual http://www.gaussian.com/g_tech/g_ur/m_basis_sets.htm So use an appropriate basis set, preferable with an ECP. They are built-in or specified explicitly with the gen keyword. Do not mix pure and cartesian functions. Probably you will get a better geometry and starting point of the wavefunction. Than increase basis set size and level of theory of the calculation. Good luck, Johannes Poms