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Keyword Reference

This reference describes every keyword available for use in AMPAC™. See Chapter 6, Keywords for links to the keyword pages that are grouped according to category.

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0SCF

Read in data, then stop.

1ELECTRON

Final one-electron matrix will be printed.

1SCF

Do 1 SCF calculation and then stop.

ALLOWATOMS

Set maximum number of atoms allowed in calculation.

ALLVEC

All atomic orbital contributions to the MOs will be printed.

ALPHA

Specify alpha of the desired solvent.

AM1

The AM1 Hamiltonian will be used.

AMSPRNT

Set level of AMSOL printout.

ANNEAL

Simulated annealing search for geometric minima.

APOLAR

Compute nonlinear optical properties using analytic gradient.

AUTOLIMIT

Define default preliminary periodic boundaries.

BETA

Specify beta of the desired solvent.

BFGS

Use BFGS method in geometry optimization.

BIRADICAL

System has two unpaired electrons.

BONDS

Final two-center bond order matrix will be printed.

BPFREF

Define central value of the band-pass filter.

BPFSIG

Define half-width of the band-pass filter.

BRUTEKPOLAR

Use Kurtz's method for computing nonlinear optical properties in the genuine Cartesian frame.

CHAIN

Find transition state using CHAIN method.

CHARGE

Define the charge on the system.

CHECKCHN

Build trial path for CHN only.

CHN

Locate limitant transition state along CHN path.

C.I.

Include n orbitals around the HOMO in the CI manifold.

CI-OK

Override degeneracy check.

CIDIP

Calculate charges and dipole moments for CI eigenstates.

CIGAP

Specify energy gap used to determine degeneracy.

CIMAX

Specify the maximum number of microstates.

CIOUT

Write details about the CI eigenstates to file.

CISTATE

Specify the number of final CI eigenstates to be calculated and printed.

CODESSA

Generate output options for CODESSA™ (Optimization plus Frequencies)

CODSCF

Generate output options for CODESSA™ (Optimization only).

CODTHERMO

Generate output options for CODESSA™ (Frequencies only).

COMPFG

Print heat of formation calculated in the COMPFG subroutine.

CONNOLLY

Enable use of the Connolly surface for the ESP calculation.

CONTRIB

Print list of external contributors.

COSMO

Invoke the COSMO solvation model.

COSMOWRT

Write out data for further COSMO processing.

CRUDE

Use crude rejection scheme.

DAVDBG

Write details about the CI matrix diagonalization to file.

DDMAX

Define the maximum size of the trust radius.

DDMIN

Define the minimum size of the trust radius.

DEBUG

Turn on additional debug output.

DECET

RHF decet state required.

DELSC

Specify the effective molecular radius of the desired solvent.

DEN

Specify a different point density for the Connolly surface.

DENMAT

Density matrix will be written to disk in ASCII format.

DENOUT

Density matrix will be written to disk in binary format.

DENSITY

Final density matrix will be printed.

DERINU

Derivatives will be computed numerically.

DFP

Use Davidon-Fletcher-Powell rather than BFGS in geometry optimization.

DIELEC

Specify the dielectric constant for a SM5-organic calculation.

DIPOLE

Constrain the ESP dipole moment as predicted by AMPAC's Coulson analysis.

DIPX

Specify the x- component of the dipole moment.

DIPY

Specify the y- component of the dipole moment.

DIPZ

Specify the z- component of the dipole moment.

DISEX

Distance threshold for using two-point interaction approximation.

DISSOC

Define the dissociation threshold for CHN methods.

DMAX

Define the initial trust radius.

DOUBLET

RHF doublet state required

DYNPOL

Outputs data for dynamic polarizability calculations.

EF

Use the eigenvector following method to locate a minimum.

EIGS

Print out HF eigenvalues at every step of the SCF procedure.

ENPART

Energy will be partitioned into components.

EPS

Define solvent's dielectric constant.

ESP

Invokes the electrostatic potential method for charge calculation.

ESR

Unpaired spin density on atoms will be calculated.

EXCITED

First excited singlet state will be optimized.

FACARB

Specify the fraction of non-hydrogenic solvent atoms that are carbon atoms contained in an aromatic ring.

FCTOR3

Determine balance between energy and gnorm (MANNEAL only).

FEHALO

Specify the fraction of non-hydrogenic solvent atoms that are electronegative halogen atoms.

FILL

Require use of defined set of prototype MOs.

FILTER

Determine equivalency of configurations during the clustering sort.

FOCK

Final Fock matrix will be printed.

FORCE

Force calculation for a Cartesian frequency analysis requested.

FREF

Define central value of the energy range.

FULLCHN

Locate transition state(s) and intermediate point(s) along CHN path.

GAMMA

Specify the macroscopic surface tension of the desired solvent.

GANNEAL

Simulated annealing search for extrema within an energy range.

GAUSSIAN

Use a Gaussian, rather than uniform, random number generator for geometry displacement.

GEO-OK

Override interatomic distance check.

GNMIN

Activate gradient test for accepting geometry steps.

GNORM

Exit geometry optimizations when gradient norm falls below a specified value.

GRADIENTS

All gradient components and the gnorm will be printed.

GRAPH

Write out data for graphics in binary format.

GRID

Specify dimensions for a 2D reaction grid calculation.

HESS

Specify the source of the Hessian matrix.

HESSEI

Compute a few lowest Hessian eigenvalues.

HESSIAN2

Force 2-point formula to compute Hessian.

HESSIAN4

Force 4-point formula to compute Hessian.

HGAS

Specify the heat of formation (kcal/mol) of the solute in the gas phase.

HMIN

Minimum allowed step length for IRC/Path.

HYPERFINE

Computes hyperfine coupling constants for a UHF calculation.

IADM

Interatomic Distance Matrix will be printed.

INCI

Read final microstates from an ASCII file.

INERTIAL

Cartesian force constants are output in the inertial frame..

IOFR

Specify the index of refraction of the desired solvent. (Equivalent to REFRACT)

IRC

Follow the intrinsic reaction coordinate.

ISOTOPE

Final force matrix written to disk.

IUPD

Choice of update method for the Hessian matrix.

JKPRINT

All unique two electron integrals over CI-active MOs written to output file.

KPOLAR

Use Kurtz's method for computing nonlinear optical properties in the inertial frame.

LET

Do not reduce gradients in FORCE.

LFORCE

Compute the IR spectrum for a few lowest frequencies.

LICENSE

Output information on your AMPAC™ license.

LIMIT

Define periodic boundaries.

LINDH

Use Lindh's method for initial guess for Hessian matrix.

LOCALIZE

Localized orbitals will be printed.

LTRD

Minimize gradient using full Hessian.

MANNEAL

Simulated annealing search for minima within an energy range.

MARK

All points of the Markov chains are written to channel 8.

MATCI

Energies and AO coefficients of CI-active MOs printed to output file.

MECI

Print information about CI microstates and transitions.

MICROS

Generates only microstates with spin = n.

MINDO3

The MINDO3 Hamiltonian will be used.

MINVIS

Reduce the output in the .vis file.

MNDO

The MNDO Hamiltonian will be used.

MNDOC

The MNDOC Hamiltonian will be used.

MNDOD

The MNDO/d Hamiltonian will be used.

MODE

Specify eigenvector to follow during optimization.

MPG

Find molecular point groups and list tolerances.

MPGCRT

Use specified value as tolerance to compute molecular point group.

MSCHARG

Maximum charge for generated microstates

MULLIK

Perform a pseudo-Mulliken population analysis.

NCHECK

Define interval for producing quenching candidates at each temperature.

n-ET

Constrains the spin multiplicity of the primary CI eigenstate to be n.

NEWDEN

Always start SCF with a new guess density.

NEWTON

Minimize energy using full Hessian.

NMAX

Define maximum value of criterion calls at a given temperature.

NOARC

Suppress output of the .arc file.

NONET

RHF nonet state required

NONR

Specify P-RFO method for geometry projection.

NOOUT

Suppress output of the .out file.

NOPOL

Polarization energy computed with gas phase solvent wavefunction.

NOQUENCH

Skip quenching.

NOREF

Elemental parameter set references will not be printed.

NOUPD

Suppress updating of the trust radius at Stage 3.

NOVIS

Suppress output of the .vis file.

NOXYZ

Suppress output of Cartesian coordinates.

NRAND

Define random number seed value.

NSPA

Specify the number of segments per atom.

NSURF

Change the number of surfaces used in the Connolly algorithm.

OCTET

RHF octet state required

OLDENS

Initial density matrix read from binary file.

OLDMAT

Initial density matrix read from ASCII file.

OMIN

Specify minimum overlap between successive TS search vectors.

OPEN

Configuration Interaction

OPTIL

Optimize left (reactant) starting geometry.

OPTILR

Optimize both the left (reactant) and right (product) starting geometries.

OPTIR

Optimize right (product) starting geometry.

OPTIRL

Optimize both the right (product) and left (reactant) starting geometries.

OPTMAX

Set the maximum number of geometry optimization cycles.

OVERLAP

Overlap matrix will be printed.

PATH

Follow the descending reaction path.

PEN1

Activate close contact penalty function.

PEN2

Activate conformational penalty function.

PEN2GRP

Activate conformational penalty function within distinct groups.

PENA

Activate penalty function on the molecule's moments of inertia.

PERTU

Override the default perturbative selection of microstates.

PI

Resolve density matrix into sigma and pi bonds.

PM3

The PM3 Hamiltonian will be used.

POTWRT

Dump out the surface points and electrostatic potential values.

PREF

Define the energy window penalty coefficient.

PRINT

Set verbosity of output.

PRINTHESSIAN

Final Hessian matrix will be printed.

PROTO

Define prototype MOs.

QCSCF

Explicitly invoke quadratically convergent SCF procedure.

QUARTET

RHF quartet state required

QUINTET

RHF quintet state required

RECALC

Specify interval (in number of steps) for Hessian recalculation.

RECLAS

Reorder MOs.

REFRACT

Define the solvent's refractive index.

RESTART

Calculation will be restarted using results from disk.

RHF

Spin-restricted Hartree-Fock calculation.

RIGIDCI

Propagate initial selection of microstates throughout a geometry optimization.

RMAX

Adjust maximum criterion for accepting geometry steps.

RMIN

Adjust minimum criterion for accepting geometry steps.

ROOT

Specify spin state to follow.

ROT

Defines rotational symmetry.

RSCAL

Scale the P-RFO step.

RSOLV

Define the solvent's molecular radius.

SAM1

The new SAM1 Hamiltonian will be used.

SAM1D

The new SAM1 Hamiltonian, with d-orbitals on I and Cl will be used.

SCALE

Change the base scaling factor in the Connolly treatment.

SCFBOOST

Additional cycles for final convergence of wavefunction.

SCFCI

Define partial occupancy of the "virtual" CI-active MOs for a "half-electron" RHF SCF calculation.

SCFCRT

SCF termination criteria computed based on specified value.

SCFLOCAL

Localized MOs are produced by the SCF procedure.

SCFMAX

Set limit on number of SCF iterations to specified value.

SCFPRT

Monitor convergence in self-consistent field procedure.

SC.I.

Specify CI-active MOs in a S-CI calculation.

SCINCR

Specify the increment between multipliers for the Connolly surface.

SDC.I.

Specify CI-active MOs in a SD-CI calculation.

SDTC.I.

Specify CI-active MOs in a SDT-CI calculation.

SEMICHEM

Print special information about your AMPAC license.

SEPS

Specify energy gap used to determine eigenstate degeneracy.

SEPTET

RHF septet state required

SEXTET

RHF sextet state required

SINGLET

RHF singlet state required

SLOPE

Change the scaling factor when using MNDO ESP charges.

SM5.2

Request a calculation using the SM5.2 model.

SM5.2R

Request a calculation using the SM5.2R model.

SM5C

Request a calculation using the SM5C model.

SM5CR

Request a calculation using the SM5CR model.

SOLVNT

Indicate which parameter set will be used in the SM5 calculation.

SPIN

Final UHF spin matrix will be printed.

SREF

Specify half-width of the searched energy range.

STEP

Define maximum step size in the annealing search.

STEP1

Specify step size for first coordinate in reaction grid calculation.

STEP2

Specify step size for second coordinate in reaction grid calculation.

STEPCV

Define a lower bound for the step size (% of initial step).

STEPHESS

Specify step size in numerical differentiation of Hessian.

STO3G

Specify basis set to "deorthogonalize" the semiempirical density matrix.

STO6G

Specify basis set to "deorthogonalize" the semiempirical density matrix.

SYBYL

Output information for input into SYBYL®.

SYMAVG

Average charges which should have the same value by symmetry.

SYMMETRY

Symmetry conditions will be imposed.

SZ

Specify value of Sz.

T

Define time limit for calculation.

TEMP

Starting "temperature" for the annealing procedure.

TEST

Print extra debugging output.

TEXPN

Solvation trapezoidal integration shell growth factor.

THERMO

Thermodynamics calculation is done.

TIMES

Print timings at various stages of the calculation.

TLAW

Specify the decay constant in the temperature.

TOL

Permitted relative variation of a bond length from its initial value.

TONE

Solvation trapezoidal integration shell thickness.

TRANS

Deletes the n lowest vibrations in a THERMO calculation.

TRIPLET

Triplet state required.

TRUES

Calculate the true solvation free energy.

TRUSTE

Default method for geometry optimization using trust radii.

TRUSTG

Default method for gradient minimization using trust radii.

TS

Use the eigenvector following method to locate a transition state.

TSANNEAL

Simulated annealing search for extrema within an energy range.

T.V.

A transition vector is provided for IRC or PATH.

UHF

Spin-unrestricted Hartree-Fock calculation.

VALIDCI

Indicate that the microstates to be read in are fully consistent.

VDW

Specify an element's van der Waals radius.

VECTORS

Selected atomic orbital contributions to the MOs will be printed.

WEIGHT

Weights for T.V. components will be provided for PATH.

WHOLE

End the quenching steps will full optimizations.

WILLIAMS

Specify surface generation procedure of Donald Williams.

XYZ

Optimization to proceed in Cartesian space.