Name

GRID — Specify dimensions for a 2D reaction grid calculation.

Synopsis

 GRID=n
 GRID(n,m) 

Description

A reaction grid calculation provides rough location of nearby stationary points by computing a 2D spirally-generated grid of points about the defined geometry. (The spiral-generation improves the opportunity for a smooth extrapolation for the initial guess for each successive point from the results from previous points.) The input structure always represents the center point of the generated grid. The GRID keyword is used to specify the size of the grid.

GRID=n

GRID=n specifies that an n by n-sized square grid will be used. The value of n is 11 by default and may not exceed 19. An even value of n is automatically shifted to the next larger odd value.

GRID(n,m)

A rectangular grid may be specified by passing two values to the GRID keyword. GRID(n,m) specifies that an n by m-sized rectangular grid will be used. The values of n and m are 11 by default and may not exceed 19. An even value of n or m is automatically shifted to the next larger odd value.

Abbreviation:

none

Requires:

STEP1 and STEP2

Default value:

11

See also:

STEP1 and STEP2

Examples:

Input File (rxnpath/rxngrid1.dat):

  am1 rhf singlet qcscf t=auto step1=0.15 step2=0.15 grad minvis  1
1,5-HEXADIENE INVERSION
Rxn grid calculation
 C              0.000000  0    0.000000  0    0.000000  0    0    0    0
 C              1.300000  1    0.000000  0    0.000000  0    1    0    0
 C              1.540000  1  130.000000  1    0.000000  0    2    1    0
 C              1.540000 -1  120.000000  1    0.000000  1    3    2    1   2
 C              1.540000  1  120.000000  1    0.000000  1    4    3    2
 C              2.190000 -1  110.000000  1    0.000000  1    1    2    3   3
 H              1.000000  1  120.000000  1   90.000000  1    1    2    3
 H              1.000000  1  120.000000  1  180.000000  1    1    2    7
 H              1.000000  1  120.000000  1 -180.000000  1    2    3    4
 H              1.000000  1  109.500000  1  120.000000  1    3    4    5
 H              1.000000  1  109.500000  1 -120.000000  1    3    4    5
 H              1.000000  1  109.500000  1  120.000000  1    4    3    2
 H              1.000000  1  109.500000  1 -120.000000  1    4    3    2
 H              1.000000  1  120.000000  1  120.000000  1    5    4    3
 H              1.000000  1  120.000000  1   90.000000  1    6    5    4
 H              1.000000  1  120.000000  1  180.000000  1    6    5   15
 0              0.000000  0    0.000000  0    0.000000  0    0    0    0
			

1

A reaction grid calculation will be performed if exactly two of optimization flags are marked with a -1. The keywords STEP1 and STEP2 are also required for a reaction grid. By default, an 11 x 11 grid is used unless GRID=n or GRID(n,m) is specified. Also by default, TRUSTE will be use to perform the constrained optimization at each of the grid points but this default can be overridden by BFGS, DFP, or EF.

2

This is the first reaction coordinate and will be incremented and decremented by the value of STEP1.

3

This is the second reaction coordinate and will be incremented and decremented by the value of STEP2. These two items will be used to construct a grid of points and optimizations will be carried out at each point on the surface. The point given in the geometry definition is the center of the grid and five steps are taken in each direction from this center point. The following list shows the values that the first and second reaction coordinates will take on. The center point is indicated by ×:

                                       Step 1

         0.79  0.94  1.09  1.24  1.39  1.54  1.69  1.84  1.99  2.14  2.29
   1.44   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
   1.59   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
   1.74   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
S  1.89   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
t  2.04   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
e  2.19   o     o     o     o     o     ×     o     o     o     o     o
p  2.34   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
   2.49   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
2  2.64   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
   2.79   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o
   2.94   o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o     o