RE: G94 and G98



Dear Emad,
 G94 and G98 DFT differ in at least two points.
 1) The default weighing scheme for the numerical integration is now
 Stratmann/Scuseria. It was different in G94 (the Becke scheme ?).
 2) The SCF cycles are now started with a superposition of states instead of the
 pure guess. This _might_ lead to differences, but does not seem to be the case
 in your calcs.
 Stefan
 ______________________________________________________________________
 Dr. Stefan Fau
 Fachbereich Chemie, AK Frenking
 Philipps-Universität Marburg
 35032 Marburg, Germany
 fau |-at-| chemie.uni-marburg.de
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Computational Chemistry List [mailto:chemistry-request |-at-| ccl.net]On
 > Behalf Of Emadeddin Tajkhorshid
 > Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 6:03 AM
 > To: ccl CCL
 > Subject: CCL:G94 and G98
 >
 >
 > Dear CCL
 >
 > I have experienced something using geometry optimization in G94 and G98
 > that I would like to check with you. I started from a G94-optimized set
 > of  coordinates for glycine. Using a DFT method (B3LYP/6-31G**), on the
 > same platform (IBM/SP2) I started the same job in G94 and G98. These two
 > jobs, while having the same optimization criteria (Default values) and
 > the same starting geometries (and I suppose the same initial guess?)
 > give different results. In one case the geometry is optimized and in the
 > other case, the job does not meet the 'Maximum displacement' and 'RMS
 > displacement' criteria after the first cycle. Examination of the energy
 > also shows that we have different values after the first SCF.
 >
 > Although the differences in this case are not very large, I would like
 > to know why they happen. If I am not mistaken there are some
 > modifications with respect to the optimizer in G98, but I think in the
 > case of this example, the difference is happening at the level of
 > wavefunction.
 >
 > Did anybody else experience such differences at the wavefunction or
 > geometry level? If so, how large are they?
 >
 >
 > **********************G94 job*************************************
 > First SCF:
 >
 >  SCF Done:  E(RB+HF-LYP) =  -284.437033067     A.U. after   15 cycles
 >              Convg  =     .4529D-08             -V/T =  2.0089
 >              S**2   =    .0000
 >  KE= 2.819396660737D+02 PE=-1.026794554909D+03 EE= 2.802029338205D+02
 >
 > :::::
 >          Item               Value     Threshold  Converged?
 >  Maximum Force             .000028      .000450     YES
 >  RMS     Force             .000009      .000300     YES
 >  Maximum Displacement      .000293      .001800     YES
 >  RMS     Displacement      .000108      .001200     YES
 >  Predicted change in Energy=-1.479922D-08
 > ******************************************************************
 >
 > **********************G98 job*************************************
 > First SCF:
 >
 >  SCF Done:  E(RB+HF-LYP) =  -284.437035418     A.U. after   15 cycles
 >              Convg  =     .4595D-08             -V/T =  2.0089
 >              S**2   =    .0000
 >  KE= 2.819396670445D+02 PE=-1.026794557138D+03 EE= 2.802029327275D+02
 >
 > ::::
 >  Maximum Force             .000028      .000450     YES
 >  RMS     Force             .000012      .000300     YES
 >  Maximum Displacement      .004390      .001800     NO
 >  RMS     Displacement      .001377      .001200     NO
 >  Predicted change in Energy=-7.549560D-08
 > ******************************************************************
 >
 > --
 > Emad
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