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.
| 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. |
Set verbosity of output. |
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| 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. |