#! /bin/sh # Summary # # - For a sequence of intermediates, each defined by a fixed angle H-C-N between # the linear extremes HCN and CNH, the remaining geometrical parameters are # optimized, giving a Linear Transit point-by-point scan of the energy curve # of the Hydrogen atom traveling from one end of the CN fragment to the other. # This is a useful way to get a reasonable first guess of the Transition # State. # - At the approximate TS a Frequencies calculation is performed to obtain a # fairly accurate Hessian for the next calculation. # - A TS search is carried out, using the computed Hessian. As variation, the TS # search is repeated, first with the automatic (internal) Hessian (based on # force fields) and then also with a constraint applied. # - A full IRC scan of the full path, starting from the TS, down to the two # minima. # == Linear Transit (LT) == # The first calculation is a Linear Transit where the Hydrogen atom moves from # one side of CN to the other by a parametrized step-by-step change of the angle # H-C-N. The other coordinates of the system are optimized along the path. # In the atoms block, one coordinate value is represented by an identifier (th). # In the geovar block this is assigned two values, implying that it is a Linear # Transit parameter. The initial and final values for the parameter are given. # Since the geometry block does not have OPTIM SELECTED, all other coordinates # are optimized for each of the 10 Linear Transit points. # The subkey iterations in the geometry block carries two arguments: the first # is the maximum number of optimization steps (per LT point). The second is the # number of LT points to compute in this run: 4. This implies that only a part # of the 10-point path defined by the LT parameter(s) will be scanned. The # remainder will be done in a follow-up run to illustrate usage of the restart # facility. $ADFBIN/adf <