sparkles atoms in Mopac

["Fransisco Carlos Lavarda" <lavarda - at - qtp.ufl.edu>]

 Dear CCL'ers:
   I'm studying some charge transfer complexes using Mopac.
   As a first step, I'm tryng to simulate a complete charge transfer between
 the main molecule and the counterion, using a sparkles atom provided in Mopac
 package.
   The question is that I was unable to get a minimum energy geometry IF the
 sparkles coordinates are set to be free.
   I looked for some information in Mopac Manual, but I couldn't find anything
 related to this topic.
   If somebody has a hint on this question, I would appreciate very much to know
 about. I'll summarize all the answers. So, if there are people interested in the
 responses, please send me an e-mail.
 Thanks to everybody.
 Francisco Lavarda.
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