Re: CCL:G:AM1 under GAUSSIAN ???



 I have seen a problem like this once. I feel that the structure optimization
 of GAUSSIAN is much better tham of MOPAC. In fact, the problem I have seen
 is about structure optimizaton and, while most times MOPAC made just a
 little change on the structure (but reaching a local minimum fast), GAUSSIAN
 moved completely the structure, taking more time but reaching much better
 structures.
 -----Original Message-----
 From: ACKERMANN Lutz GRL <Lutz.ACKERMANN (+ at +) CALDCRD.elf-atochem.fr>
 To: ccl <CHEMISTRY (+ at +) www.ccl.net>
 Date: Friday, February 20, 1998 6:14 AM
 Subject: CCL:G:AM1 under GAUSSIAN ???
 >
 >
 >Dear Netters,
 >we have recently carried out a series of calculations
 >using MOPAC/AM1.  When we asked academic partners to do some ab initio
 >calculations on the same set of compounds we were surprised to find, that
 >there
 >seems to be an inconcistency between GAUSSIAN/AM1 and MOPAC/AM1,
 >concerning the heat capacity Cp. Does anyone know, if this is:
 > -> a well known phenomenon/problem/bug
 > -> a consequence of a different implementation (deliberate) or
 > -> one of the great mysteries of life?
 >
 >For your orientation I have appended parts of the MOPAC and GAUSSIAN output
 >of calcs for the CO2 molecule.
 >
 >
 >Best  Regards
 >
 >Lutz Ackermann
 >
 >
 >_________________________________________________________
 >Dr. Lutz Ackermann
 >
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 >elf atochem
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 ri.ac.uk
 >
 >or
 >
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 >___________________________________________________________
 >
 >
 >CO2 (AM1)
 >
 >
 >MOPAC 6.0:
 > ----------
 >                    CALCULATED THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
 >                                          *
 >   TEMP. (K)   PARTITION FUNCTION   H.O.F.    ENTHALPY   HEAT CAPACITY
 > ENTROPY
 >                                    KCAL/MOL   CAL/MOLE    CAL/K/MOL
 >  CAL/K/MOL
 >
 >    273  VIB.          1.139                   203.06527    2.22755
 >   1.00258
 >           ROT.     255.                        542.522      1.987
 >    12.997
 >             INT.     290.                        745.587      4.215
 >    14.000
 >           TRA.         0.248E+27                   1356.305      4.968
 >    36.817
 >           TOT.                       -80.062  2101.8922     9.1830
 >   50.8170
 >
 >    298  VIB.         1.181                   261.82494    2.46932
 >   1.20837
 >         ROT.     278.                        592.203      1.987     13.172
 >         INT.     328.                        854.028      4.457     14.380
 >         TRA.    0.282E+27                   1480.509      4.968     37.252
 >         TOT.                       -79.829  2334.5371     9.4247
 51.6320
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >GAUSSIAN:
 > --------
 >
 > ...
 >
 >Energy=   -0.127281006429 NIter=   9.
 >
 > ...
 >
 >                    E (Thermal)             CV                S
 >                      KCAL/MOL        CAL/MOL-KELVIN    CAL/MOL-KELVIN
 > TOTAL                    9.040              7.411             51.623
 > ELECTRONIC               0.000              0.000              0.000
 > TRANSLATIONAL            0.889              2.981             37.270
 > ROTATIONAL               0.592              1.987             13.171
 > VIBRATIONAL              7.559              2.443              1.182
 > VIBRATION  1             0.886              1.182              0.586
 > VIBRATION  2             0.887              1.179              0.583
 > ...
 >
 >
 >
 >Transforming the Energy given by GAUSSIAN from Hartree to kcal/mol, one
 >gets -79.8653 kcal/mol, which is close to the Heat of Formation calculated
 >from MOPAC (at 298K), -79.829 kcal/mol. The entropy is also very similar
 >between
 >the two programs, but the heat capacity differs a lot ( 7.411
 CAL/MOL-KELVIN
 >in
 >GAUSSIAN vs. 9.4247 CAL/K/MOL in MOPAC!!???
 >
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