CCL:G: Calculating Variational TS
- From: Manikandan P <mani.chem.iitk{=}gmail.com>
- Subject: CCL:G: Calculating Variational TS
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:53:32 +0530
Dear Kraus:
Please see Prof. Bill Hase's website below:
https://cdssim.chem.ttu.edu/htmlpages/licensemenu.jsp
They have codes available for calculating variational TS.
Best,
Manikandan.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Peter Kraus p.kraus12() imperial.ac.uk <
owner-chemistry-*-ccl.net> wrote:
>
> Sent to CCL by: "Peter Kraus" [p.kraus12{:}imperial.ac.uk]
> Dear CCL Subscribers,
>
> I am looking for a way to estimate/calculate a "variational transition
> state" for an essentially barrierless association process.
>
> Currently, I have Gaussian opt-freq logfiles of the reactants and of the
> product, and a logfile of an "intermediate" somewhere on the
minimum energy
> path from products to the reactants.
>
> I was told there is a program which can take these three structures as
> input, and perform some sort of variational optimisation without a
> considerable computational expense, unfortunately I don't know the name of
> the code.
>
> The only code related to VTST I could find was POLYRATE (in its RP-VTST
> nosaddle mode); I'm not sure whether this is the right tool.
>
> I'll be glad for any help and pointers.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Peter Kraus>
>
>
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Dr. Manikandan Paranjothy,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur,
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Jodhpur - 342011,
Rajasthan, India.
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