This section summarizes information about setting up various Gaussian job types for which some special steps are required All GaussView features mentioned are discussed in detail earlier in this book.
Gaussian STQN-based transition structure optimizations require two or three structures as input. To set up these jobs, you must create a molecule group containing the required number of structures. If you plan on running an Opt=QST3 job, then the transition structure initial guess should be model 3.
Once you have done so, the TS (QST2) and TS (QST3) options will be enabled in the Optimize to a field for the Optimization job type in the Job Type panel of the Gaussian Calculation Setup dialog.
In most cases, GaussView will automatically identify the corresponding atoms in the multiple structures for these transition state optimizations. However, you can verify this using the Connection Editor, accessed via the Connection Editor button on the toolbar or the Edit=>Connection Editor menu item.
You can set up jobs for Gaussian's Periodic Boundary Conditions facility using the Crystal Editor (reached via the Crystal Editor button or the Edit=>PBC menu path). Once you have defined a unit cell, GaussView automatically sets up PBC jobs for this structure by including the translation vectors within the molecule specification. This is indicated by the enabling of the PBC panel in the Gaussian Calculation Setup dialog, and the checked Use PBC item. Note that for normal cases, you do not need to access this panel at all and can proceed directly to setting up Gaussian input in the normal manner.
GaussView contains several features for setting up ONIOM calculations.
The Layer Editor allows you to graphically assign atoms to various ONIOM layers. It is accessed via the toolbar's Select Layer button or via the Edit=>Select Layer menu item.
GaussView will assign Molecular Mechanics atoms types for UFF, Dreiding and Amber (including Amber charges) to all atoms in the molecule automatically. You can view and modify these using the Atom List Editor (reached via the Atom List Editor button on the toolbar or the Edit=>Atom List menu path).
GaussView will automatically assign minimal link atom information for the appropriate atoms in an ONIOM calculation. However, these are always handled in the same way and may require modification for your purposes. Link atoms generated by GaussView are always hydrogens (using the H_ UFF and Dreiding atom types and the HR Amber atom type, where R is the element of the linked-to atom). The only other link atom parameters which is included is the linked-to atom (the atom in the higher layer to which the current atom is bonded); all other parameters are left blank.
Once you have prepared the structure and specified all necessary parameters, you can set up an ONIOM calculation via the Method panel of the Gaussian Calculation Setup dialog. The Multilayer ONIOM Model checkbox indicates that this will be an ONIOM calculation (see Figure 55).
Figure 55. Setting Up a Gaussian Input File for an ONIOM Job
This example is preparing an input file for a two-layer ONIOM calculation.
When Multilayer ONIOM Model is checked, the additional tabs appear in the Method
panel. Each of them allows you to specify the theoretical method and basis set
for the corresponding layer. In this case, we are using the Amber Molecular
Mechanics method for the Low layer.
GaussView can make it easy to specify CASSCF active space. The MOs dialog allows you to generate, view, select and reorder the starting orbitals. It is reached with the Edit=>MO Editor menu path and via the MO Editor button on the toolbar.
You can specify additions and other modifications to redundant internal coordinates for geometry optimizations and other jobs by using the Redundant Coordinate Editor, reached via the Redundant Coordinate Editor button on the toolbar or the Edit=>Redundant Coord Editor menu path.
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