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From: Ricardo Oliveira <organicjewellery-.at.-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: CCL:TDDFT calculations using Gaussian
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Hi Brian,

the keyword you need is : TD.

If you want x excited states you may use td(nstates=x)

best wishes

Ricardo Esplugas
Sussex University
email: r.o.esplugas-.at.-susx.ac.uk







--- Brian Williams <williams-.at.-bucknell.edu> wrote:

> Greetings-
> 
> I am an experimentalist attempting to learn how to
> use Gaussian in order to 
> calculate molecular properties.  I wish to calculate
> vertical excited 
> electronic states using TDDFT, starting with an
> optimized ground state 
> geometry calculated using B3LYP 6-31(d).  I have not
> been able to locate an 
> example of how to set up the keywords to carry this
> out- Foresman's book 
> mainly discusses CIS.  Thanks for any help.
> 
> Brian Williams, Chemistry, Bucknell University
> 
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