It is explained in the manual how to start a VCD and a ROA calculation for methyloxirane with DALTON and Gaussian. These input and output files can be found on this page.
Calculations are performed at the TDHF/aug-cc-pVDZ level of theory. The wavelength of the incident light (for ROA) is 532 nm.
The MOLECULE.INP file (material/meox_TDHF_aug-cc-pVDZ.mol)
BASIS aug-cc-pVDZ IR/VCD or Raman/ROA for methyloxirane @ TDHF/aug-cc-pVDZ. 3 0 0 8. 1 O001 1.5630190700 -1.4919311500 -0.4586081280 6. 3 C002 1.9748884300 1.1626484500 -0.1140354640 C003 -0.2874670230 -0.0708704833 0.9244351870 C004 -2.8563172900 0.1898548070 -0.2810475700 1. 6 H005 3.5434102100 1.6630858600 1.1260406200 H006 1.8110207300 2.3089808700 -1.8197646300 H007 -0.2942170890 -0.4821221340 2.9482978600 H008 -2.6758333600 0.6359511330 -2.2929615100 H009 -3.9476758400 1.6940521500 0.6363955700 H010 -3.9274819400 -1.5742953400 -0.1052557970
The DALTON.HES file (compressed tarball)
The DALTON.INP file for VCD (material/prop_vcd.dal)
**DALTON INPUT .RUN PROPERTIES .PRINT 1 **WAVE FUNCTIONS .HF *ORBITAL INPUT .AO DELETE 1.0D-07 **PROPERTIES .VCD .VIBANA *VIBANA .HESFIL *END OF INPUT
The DALTON.INP file for ROA (material/prop_roa.dal)
**DALTON INPUT .RUN PROPERTIES .WALK .MAX IT 200 .PRINT 1 *WALK .NUMERI .DISPLACEMENT 0.001 **WAVE FUNCTIONS .HF *ORBITAL INPUT .AO DELETE 1.0D-07 **START .VROA *ABALNR .THRESH 1.0D-08 .FREQUE 1 0.08564539532 **EACH STEP .VROA *ABALNR .THRESH 1.0D-08 .FREQUE 1 0.08564539532 **PROPERTIES .VROA .RAMAN .VIBANA *RESPON .THRESH 1.0D-06 *ABALNR .THRESH 1.0D-08 .FREQUE 1 0.08564539532 *VIBANA .HESFIL **END OF DALTON INPUT
Save the outputs of DALTON 2.0 of the VCD and ROA calculation.
Calculations are performed at the B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ level of theory. The wavelength of the incident light (for ROA) is 532 nm.
The input file for VCD (material/meox_B3PW91_aug-cc-pVDZ_vcd.in):
%chk=meox_B3PW91_aug-cc-pVDZ_vcd.chk # B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ FREQ=VCD IR/VCD for methyloxirane @ B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ. 0 1 8 0.828380 -0.788115 -0.242337 6 1.042544 0.616188 -0.058552 6 -0.154398 -0.037430 0.484776 6 -1.509186 0.099297 -0.148636 1 1.873345 0.875371 0.603777 1 0.956724 1.219018 -0.967605 1 -0.153869 -0.258729 1.558402 1 -1.417145 0.322465 -1.219305 1 -2.075814 0.909146 0.333843 1 -2.084044 -0.830679 -0.035946
The input file for ROA (material/meox_B3PW91_aug-cc-pVDZ_roa.in):
%chk=meox_B3PW91_aug-cc-pVDZ_roa.chk # B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ FREQ=ROA CPHF=RDFREQ Raman/ROA for methyloxirane @ B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ. Wavelength of the incident light is 532 nm. 0 1 8 0.828380 -0.788115 -0.242337 6 1.042544 0.616188 -0.058552 6 -0.154398 -0.037430 0.484776 6 -1.509186 0.099297 -0.148636 1 1.873345 0.875371 0.603777 1 0.956724 1.219018 -0.967605 1 -0.153869 -0.258729 1.558402 1 -1.417145 0.322465 -1.219305 1 -2.075814 0.909146 0.333843 1 -2.084044 -0.830679 -0.035946 532nm
Save the produced formatted checkpoint files of Gaussian 03 Rev. C.01 of the VCD and ROA calculation.