From owner-nwchem-users@emsl.pnl.gov Thu Aug 3 10:41:09 2006 Received: from odyssey.emsl.pnl.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by odyssey.emsl.pnl.gov (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k73Hf9ha024484 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:41:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by odyssey.emsl.pnl.gov (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k73Hf8Io024483 for nwchem-users-outgoing-0915; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:41:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Ironport-SG: OK_Domains X-Ironport-SBRS: 3.5 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AQAAAHDQ0USJY3MBAQkOKg X-IronPort-AV: i="4.07,209,1151910000"; d="scan'208"; a="3190455:sNHT18510205" Message-ID: <20060803104055.bj89qiwao0gs888k@webmail.whitman.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:40:55 -0700 From: smithdm@whitman.edu To: smigliore@unimo.it Cc: nwchem Subject: Re: [NWCHEM] problem with ET calculation References: <1154619678.44d2191e86ce5@webmail.unimore.it> In-Reply-To: <1154619678.44d2191e86ce5@webmail.unimore.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Whitman Webmail 4.0 X-Originating-IP: 68.186.88.207 X-Remote-Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; FunWebProducts) Sender: owner-nwchem-users@emsl.pnl.gov Precedence: bulk Agostino, Are your MO vectors from a DFT calculation? ~Dayle Quoting smigliore@unimo.it: > Dear all, > > I made an electron transfer calculation, obtaining the output reported below. > The resultant |V(RP)| should be given, according to the user manual, by the > expression > |H(RP)-S(RP)*(H(RR)+H(PP))/2|/(1-S(RP)**2) > This is indeed the case for the example reported in the manual, but > it is not at > all the case for the results reported below. Moreover, according to the > algorithm employed by NWChem, the problem is not ascribable to the fact that > the system is not at the transition coordinate. Could you, please, > give me some > insight on this problem? > > Thanking you and looking forward to any assistance, > best regards > > Agostino > > Electron Transfer Calculation > ----------------------------- > > MO vectors for reactants: gcgchfi.movecs > MO vectors for products : gcgchff.movecs > > Electronic energy of reactants H(RR) -6478.0000947821 > Electronic energy of products H(PP) -6478.0056017475 > > Reactants/Products overlap S(RP) : 6.89D-02 > > Reactants/Products interaction energy: > ------------------------------------- > One-electron contribution H1(RP) -806.1178612254 > > Beginning calculation of 2e contribution > Two-electron integral screening (tol2e) : 6.89D-09 > > Two-electron contribution H2(RP) 360.0531190450 > Total interaction energy H(RP) -446.0647421804 > > Electron Transfer Coupling Energy |V(RP)| 0.0042089025 > 923.747 cm-1 > 0.114530 eV > 2.641 kcal/mol > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >