From chemistry-request $#at#$ ccl.net Thu Apr 14 17:10:10 2005 Received: from web31512.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web31512.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.141]) by server.ccl.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id j3ELA498002709 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:10:05 -0400 Received: (qmail 7649 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Apr 2005 20:10:03 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=4Lr15OCWZNME3JZT5KjVxn8XcWgR+VStKzNaF43pKWnO49+ZnWODtKiJVHK5IZZPGAt689oJhmcFnJjaJSmCrlf4eCojqlmuyHw3v8rQLZmQc+uE7OVekGYAy7c1Qn32mEEH1BOYFPKN/Of7PNT1SFzGeBPG85FqqPgKXMFpPJk= ; Message-ID: <20050414201003.7647.qmail^at^web31512.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [165.106.21.208] by web31512.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:10:03 PDT Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Xianlong Wang Subject: CCL:PBC calculation To: chemistry^at^ccl.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.5 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on server.ccl.net Dear CCLers, I'm going to look at the conformation problem in molecular crystal, like t-butyl benzene.I want to get some advices from experts before plunging into calculations. 1) What are pros and cons related with PBC calculation compared with supermolecule (or cluster) model? What kind of cautions should I bear in calculations or in interpretation of the results? 2) What is the accuarcy for different theoretical level models? How about the computational limits in Gaussian? Thank you in advance for your suggestions. I would appreciate if you could provide me some reference work. Best, Vincent __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/