CCL:G: SCF convergence problem with M06L functional in Gaussian 09
- From: Víctor Luaña Cabal
<victor,,fluor.quimica.uniovi.es>
- Subject: CCL:G: SCF convergence problem with M06L functional in
Gaussian 09
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 15:33:11 +0100
Sent to CCL by: =?iso-8859-1?Q?V=EDctor_Lua=F1a?= Cabal
[victor,fluor.quimica.uniovi.es]
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:03:39AM -0500, Bulumoni Kalita bulumoni() dibru.ac.in
wrote:
>
> Sent to CCL by: "Bulumoni Kalita" [bulumoni|-|dibru.ac.in]
> Dear Users,
> Thank you very much for your replies. The error shows as
>
> "Convergence failure -- run terminated"
>
> The input is as follows
>
> %chk=Pd4_3.chk
> # opt(maxcycle=500) um06l/genecp nosym
>
> Pd4
>
> 0 1
> Pd 1.55076100 -0.20840900 -0.52663500
> Pd -0.96047300 -1.23708300 -0.51996300
> Pd 0.00639500 -0.00412900 1.56159200
> Pd -0.59668400 1.44962100 -0.51499300
>
> Pd 0
> LANL2DZ
> ****
>
> Pd 0
> LANL2DZ
>
> Freezing one atom also did not solve the problem.
>
> Look forward for your discussion.
Try damping. Your tetrahedral molecule might be breathing in and out
or flexing in a cycle ...
On the use of damping on g09 see:
<http://www.gaussian.com/g_tech/g_ur/k_scf.htm>
Good luck,
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