CCL:G: Error in energy computation procedure
- From: "Pavle Mocilac" <pavle.mocilac2 *
mail.dcu.ie>
- Subject: CCL:G: Error in energy computation procedure
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:59:20 -0500
Sent to CCL by: "Pavle Mocilac" [pavle.mocilac2 : mail.dcu.ie]
Hi
I am new to this list and new to Gaussian 03 software as well so probably my
problem will be trivial to you.
There are two things I am concerned:
1. Energy calculations of small molecules in crystal form:
I got CIF file from crystallographic survey and now I want to calculate total
energy of a molecule in crystal, together with all intramolecular and
intermolecular bonds and contacts that make the crystal cell unit stable. The
method I was advised is to upload original CIF file with whole crystal cell unit
and periodic interactions and to make a job file (B3LYP/6-311++G, %mem=80MW,
k-Space Integration Method = default), and to start the calculation. The
obtained total energy should be divided with 4 since there are 4 molecules in
cell unit and that value would represent energy of the molecule in crystal form.
Is this a right way to do that? Is there something to be set using Crystal
Editor?
2. Immediate Error!
I managed to make such a job file, started the calculation but the G03 crushed
shortly with an error:
dumping /fiocom/, unit = 3 NFiles = 1 SizExt = 524288 WInBlk = 512
defal = T LstWrd = 66048 FType=2 FMxFil=10000
Number 0
Base 20480
End 66048
End1 66048
Wr Pntr 20480
Rd Pntr 20480
Length 45568
Error termination in NtrErr:
NtrErr Called from FileIO.
Whats going on there? Is there anything to be adjusted during the job
preparations?
Is there any one having experience with calculations of crystals?
Thanks in advance!
Pavle Mocilac
PhD Student
Dublin City Univerity