CCL:G: B3LYP in Gaussian vs. Dalton
- From: xunlei ding <dingxunlei,+,gmail.com>
- Subject: CCL:G: B3LYP in Gaussian vs. Dalton
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:29:24 +0800
Sent to CCL by: xunlei ding [dingxunlei!=!gmail.com]
I meet the same problem, i.e., how to choose the VWN5 local
correlation functional for B3LYP instead of VWN3 in Gaussian?
Can anybody help me?
Best regards,
Ding
2006/10/12 Mikkel Hansen mihan99(0)student.sdu.dk <owner-chemistry .
ccl.net>:
> Sent to CCL by: "Mikkel Hansen" [mihan99 ~~ student.sdu.dk]
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to reproduce published results as an initial task in a project.
The results from the paper are
> calculated in DALTON which is also the program I use. But I cannot seem to
reproduce the results and
> would therefore like to give it a shot in Gaussian 03 just to rule out the
fact that the problem is not
> due to a wrong functional in DALTON - i.e. a bug in the program when the
results from the paper was
> calculated or one which has emerged since.
>
> The problem is, however, that the B3LYP functional in Gaussian is not
defined the same way as in
> DALTON. In Gaussian the VWN3 local correlation functional is used while in
DALTON the VWN5
> functional is used by default. My question is now whether one can choose
the VWN5 local correlation
> functional in Gaussian instead of VWN3?
>
> Regards,
>
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