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#1 2023-11-12 07:04:20

ABQTrap
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Registered: 2023-03-19
Posts: 21

Is it OK if denominators of CASPT2 had small negative values?

Dear all,

   I tried to perform geometrical optimization using CASPT2 on top of RASSCF. The targed state is the ground state, but I did state-average RASSCF calculations of five states to include four excited states. From the &CASPT2 part of the output file, I found that the fourth excited state had several denominators with negative values, while other denominators are all positive, the openmolcas program ended with "Happy Landing" without warning. The reference weights seem to be OK, the value is round 0.66 (molecular system has 70 electrons).

    My question is, should I worried about the intruder state problem?  Is there any keywords to set to prevent the negative values and improve geometrical convergence? I already used the imaginary shift of 0.2. Thanks a lot.

++ CASPT2 computation for group   5
 
********************************************************************************
 Multi-State initialization phase begins for group   5
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********************************************************************************
 Compute H0 matrices for state    5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 H0 matrices have been computed.
 
********************************************************************************
  CASPT2 EQUATION SOLUTION
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  Total nr of CASPT2 parameters:
   Before reduction:   112147110
   After  reduction:   112139310
 
 Variance of |WF0>:      15.6575134384
 
 The contributions to the second order correlation energy in atomic units.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  IT.      VJTU        VJTI        ATVX        AIVX        VJAI        BVAT        BJAT        BJAI        TOTAL       RNORM  
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1    -0.000125   -0.000456   -0.029425   -0.104554   -0.051577   -0.073630   -0.316880   -1.215757   -1.792405    0.003324
   2    -0.000128   -0.000457   -0.029533   -0.104622   -0.051603   -0.073688   -0.316976   -1.215817   -1.792824    0.000330
   3    -0.000129   -0.000457   -0.029538   -0.104632   -0.051606   -0.073692   -0.316984   -1.215819   -1.792856    0.000048
   4    -0.000129   -0.000457   -0.029537   -0.104630   -0.051606   -0.073691   -0.316983   -1.215818   -1.792851    0.000005
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  FINAL CASPT2 RESULT:
 
      Reference energy:        -434.1750795085
      E2 (Non-variational):      -1.7928505221
      Shift correction:          -0.0080523913
      E2 (Variational):          -1.8009029134
      Total energy:            -435.9759824219
      Residual norm:              0.0000006768
      Reference weight:           0.66591
 
      Contributions to the CASPT2 correlation energy
      Active & Virtual Only:         -0.1032278103
      One Inactive Excited:          -0.4217416549
      Two Inactive Excited:          -1.2678810568
 
 
++ Denominators, etc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Report on small energy denominators, large coefficients, and large energy contributions.
CASE  SYMM ACTIVE-MIX  NON-ACTIVE INDICES          DENOMINATOR     RHS VALUE       COEFFICIENT     CONTRIBUTION
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.017                       0.28880277      0.00000847     -0.00004070     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.018                       0.21810718      0.00003665     -0.00009541     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.018                       0.25631708     -0.00000003      0.00000006     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.019                       0.13080632     -0.00000207     -0.00000256      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.019                       0.16901622      0.00000000     -0.00000000     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.019                       0.27830616      0.00000000     -0.00000001     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.020                       0.09734985      0.00000003     -0.00000005     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.020                       0.13555975      0.00000751     -0.00002403     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.020                       0.24484969      0.00000265     -0.00000833     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.020                       0.28305961      0.00000006     -0.00000005     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.020                       0.28305961     -0.00000004      0.00000012     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.020                       0.28305971     -0.00000000      0.00000000     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.021                       0.07901691      0.00002544     -0.00003773     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.021                       0.11722682      0.00000000     -0.00000002     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.021                       0.22651676      0.00000001     -0.00000004     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.021                       0.26472667      0.00025261     -0.00038356     -0.00000010
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.021                       0.26472667     -0.00044736      0.00122665     -0.00000055
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.021                       0.26472677      0.00000503     -0.00001329     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.022                       0.06779773      0.00007527     -0.00012114     -0.00000001
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.022                       0.10600763     -0.00000003      0.00000007     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.022                       0.21529757      0.00000001     -0.00000001     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.022                       0.25350749      0.00044728     -0.00086285     -0.00000039
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.022                       0.25350749     -0.00058970      0.00164814     -0.00000097
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.022                       0.25350759      0.00000820     -0.00001832     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.022                       0.29171638      0.00000001     -0.00000003     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.023                       0.05229276      0.00000009     -0.00000011     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.023                       0.09050266     -0.00000157      0.00000464     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.023                       0.19979260      0.00000055     -0.00000070     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.023                       0.23800252      0.00000035     -0.00000090     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.023                       0.23800252     -0.00000020      0.00000048     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.023                       0.23800262     -0.00000001      0.00000002     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.023                       0.27621141     -0.00000056      0.00000172     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.024                       0.03232783     -0.00000765      0.00000575     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.024                       0.07053773      0.00000016     -0.00000025     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.024                       0.17982767      0.00000001     -0.00000003     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.024                       0.21803759      0.00019409     -0.00031914     -0.00000006
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.024                       0.21803759     -0.00034730      0.00114587     -0.00000040
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.024                       0.21803768      0.00002186     -0.00006170     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.024                       0.25624648      0.00000003     -0.00000007     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.025                       0.00497187      0.00009781     -0.00001097     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.025                       0.04318177     -0.00000031      0.00000031     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.025                       0.15247171      0.00000001     -0.00000003     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.025                       0.19068162      0.00025277      0.00009697      0.00000002
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.025                       0.19068162     -0.00043141      0.00110258     -0.00000048
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.025                       0.19068172     -0.00002476      0.00006831     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.025                       0.22889052     -0.00000004      0.00000009     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.026                      -0.01472939     -0.00000001     -0.00000000      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.026                       0.02348051      0.00000142     -0.00000067     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.026                       0.13277045     -0.00000126      0.00000414     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.026                       0.17098037     -0.00000000      0.00000037     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.026                       0.17098037      0.00000006     -0.00000019     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.026                       0.17098047     -0.00000001      0.00000004     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.026                       0.20918926      0.00000041     -0.00000144     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.027                      -0.02557642     -0.00002590     -0.00001579      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.027                       0.01263349      0.00000005     -0.00000002     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.027                       0.12192343     -0.00000000      0.00000000     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.027                       0.16013334     -0.00040573      0.00086799     -0.00000035
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.027                       0.16013334     -0.00009420      0.00018693     -0.00000002
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.027                       0.16013344      0.00000088     -0.00000274     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.027                       0.19834223      0.00000000     -0.00000000     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.028                      -0.04216829      0.00000006      0.00000006      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.028                      -0.00395838     -0.00000606     -0.00000082      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.028                       0.10533156     -0.00000107      0.00000328     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.028                       0.14354147      0.00000032     -0.00000090     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.028                       0.14354147     -0.00000020      0.00000053     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.028                       0.14354157      0.00000000     -0.00000000     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.028                       0.18175036     -0.00000034      0.00000113     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0008  In1.028                       0.29104133      0.00000263     -0.00001623     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.029                      -0.05797322     -0.00000002     -0.00000003      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.029                      -0.01976332     -0.00000084     -0.00000094      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.029                       0.08952662     -0.00000179      0.00000504     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.029                       0.12773654      0.00000005      0.00000001      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.029                       0.12773654      0.00000011     -0.00000026     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.029                       0.12773663     -0.00000000      0.00000000     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.029                       0.16594543      0.00000021     -0.00000099     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0008  In1.029                       0.27523639      0.00006032     -0.00016072     -0.00000001
VJTU     1  Mu1.0009  In1.029                       0.28785777      0.00002720     -0.00007011     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.030                      -0.06908386     -0.00002109     -0.00003273      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.030                      -0.03087396      0.00000002      0.00000002      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.030                       0.07841598     -0.00000001      0.00000002     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.030                       0.11662590      0.00029409     -0.00066603     -0.00000020
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.030                       0.11662590      0.00015385     -0.00030296     -0.00000005
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.030                       0.11662600      0.00000385     -0.00000952     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.030                       0.15483479      0.00000001     -0.00000003     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0008  In1.030                       0.26412576      0.00000100     -0.00000269     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0009  In1.030                       0.27674713      0.00000061     -0.00000185     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0010  In1.030                       0.29234363     -0.00000064      0.00000191     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0001  In1.031                      -0.07496795     -0.00000000     -0.00000003      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0002  In1.031                      -0.03675804     -0.00001581     -0.00001570      0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0003  In1.031                       0.07253190     -0.00000592      0.00000808     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0004  In1.031                       0.11074181     -0.00000040      0.00000101     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0005  In1.031                       0.11074181     -0.00000031      0.00000042     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0006  In1.031                       0.11074191     -0.00000001      0.00000004     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0007  In1.031                       0.14895070      0.00000115     -0.00000259     -0.00000000
VJTU     1  Mu1.0008  In1.031                       0.25824167      0.00029807     -0.00081178     -0.00000024
VJTU     1  Mu1.0009  In1.031                       0.27086304      0.00016941     -0.00053074     -0.00000009
VJTU     1  Mu1.0010  In1.031                       0.28645954     -0.00017899      0.00054440     -0.00000010
VJTU     1  Mu1.0011  In1.031                       0.29645158      0.00000007     -0.00000017     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0001  Se1.038                      -0.16556821     -0.00000000      0.00000001     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0002  Se1.038                      -0.04554818     -0.00002985     -0.00002553      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0003  Se1.038                      -0.00685804      0.00000072      0.00000011      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0004  Se1.038                       0.01057323     -0.00000046      0.00000014     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0005  Se1.038                       0.03857183      0.00000022     -0.00000021     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0006  Se1.038                       0.15293623      0.00013822     -0.00023293     -0.00000003
ATVX     1  Mu1.0007  Se1.038                       0.15391565     -0.00001942      0.00000944     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0008  Se1.038                       0.16435453     -0.00001144     -0.00002926      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0009  Se1.038                       0.16858386      0.00013615     -0.00025929     -0.00000004
ATVX     1  Mu1.0010  Se1.038                       0.17595225     -0.00000009      0.00002540     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0011  Se1.038                       0.19119302     -0.00000139      0.00000232     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0012  Se1.038                       0.19591850     -0.00000012      0.00000033     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0013  Se1.038                       0.20432304      0.00000216     -0.00000413     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0014  Se1.038                       0.20673549     -0.00000074      0.00000083     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0015  Se1.038                       0.22340285     -0.00000020      0.00000045     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0016  Se1.038                       0.27588955      0.00000369     -0.00000967     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0017  Se1.038                       0.28325206      0.00000012     -0.00000033     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0001  Se1.039                      -0.14368003     -0.00000004     -0.00000006      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0002  Se1.039                      -0.02366000      0.00030370      0.00016180      0.00000005
ATVX     1  Mu1.0003  Se1.039                       0.01503014      0.00000146     -0.00000050     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0004  Se1.039                       0.03246142     -0.00000131      0.00000117     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0005  Se1.039                       0.06046001      0.00000059     -0.00000087     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0006  Se1.039                       0.17482441      0.00002144     -0.00060349     -0.00000001
ATVX     1  Mu1.0007  Se1.039                       0.17580383      0.00014969     -0.00042135     -0.00000006
ATVX     1  Mu1.0008  Se1.039                       0.18624272      0.00022943     -0.00054203     -0.00000012
ATVX     1  Mu1.0009  Se1.039                       0.19047204      0.00037102     -0.00144157     -0.00000053
ATVX     1  Mu1.0010  Se1.039                       0.19784043     -0.00010129      0.00024007     -0.00000002
ATVX     1  Mu1.0011  Se1.039                       0.21308120     -0.00000321      0.00000507     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0012  Se1.039                       0.21780668     -0.00000040      0.00000096     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0013  Se1.039                       0.22621122      0.00004464     -0.00010035     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0014  Se1.039                       0.22862367     -0.00000194      0.00000222     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0015  Se1.039                       0.24529103     -0.00000054      0.00000131     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0016  Se1.039                       0.29777773     -0.00005644      0.00012855     -0.00000001
ATVX     1  Mu1.0001  Se1.040                      -0.12648650      0.00000608      0.00001020      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0002  Se1.040                      -0.00646647      0.00000040      0.00000006      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0003  Se1.040                       0.03222367     -0.00025697      0.00018726     -0.00000005
ATVX     1  Mu1.0004  Se1.040                       0.04965494      0.00016574     -0.00022291     -0.00000004
ATVX     1  Mu1.0005  Se1.040                       0.07765354     -0.00008202      0.00014670     -0.00000001
ATVX     1  Mu1.0006  Se1.040                       0.19201794      0.00000027     -0.00000127     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0007  Se1.040                       0.19299736      0.00000028     -0.00000072     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0008  Se1.040                       0.20343624      0.00000015     -0.00000035     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0009  Se1.040                       0.20766557      0.00000067     -0.00000221     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0010  Se1.040                       0.21503395     -0.00000042      0.00000090     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0011  Se1.040                       0.23027473      0.00052672     -0.00079112     -0.00000042
ATVX     1  Mu1.0012  Se1.040                       0.23500021      0.00004522     -0.00009409     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0013  Se1.040                       0.24340475      0.00000019     -0.00000057     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0014  Se1.040                       0.24581720      0.00030604     -0.00029741     -0.00000009
ATVX     1  Mu1.0015  Se1.040                       0.26248456      0.00008079     -0.00019367     -0.00000002
ATVX     1  Mu1.0001  Se1.041                      -0.12113656      0.00000003      0.00000004      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0002  Se1.041                      -0.00111653     -0.00006142     -0.00000146      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0003  Se1.041                       0.03757362     -0.00000170      0.00000143     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0004  Se1.041                       0.05500489      0.00000145     -0.00000209     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0005  Se1.041                       0.08300348     -0.00000065      0.00000123     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0006  Se1.041                       0.19736788      0.00047064     -0.00106723     -0.00000050
ATVX     1  Mu1.0007  Se1.041                       0.19834730      0.00027055     -0.00068839     -0.00000019
ATVX     1  Mu1.0008  Se1.041                       0.20878619      0.00013319     -0.00037088     -0.00000005
ATVX     1  Mu1.0009  Se1.041                       0.21301551      0.00037618     -0.00083310     -0.00000031
ATVX     1  Mu1.0010  Se1.041                       0.22038390     -0.00005546      0.00015882     -0.00000001
ATVX     1  Mu1.0011  Se1.041                       0.23562467      0.00000247     -0.00000263     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0012  Se1.041                       0.24035015     -0.00000024      0.00000080     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0013  Se1.041                       0.24875469     -0.00008155      0.00020019     -0.00000002
ATVX     1  Mu1.0014  Se1.041                       0.25116714      0.00000101      0.00000057      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0015  Se1.041                       0.26783450      0.00000076     -0.00000187     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0001  Se1.042                      -0.10639160      0.00000004      0.00000006      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0002  Se1.042                       0.01362843     -0.00016723      0.00005114     -0.00000001
ATVX     1  Mu1.0003  Se1.042                       0.05231857     -0.00000158      0.00000180     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0004  Se1.042                       0.06974984      0.00000119     -0.00000211     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0005  Se1.042                       0.09774844     -0.00000057      0.00000118     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0006  Se1.042                       0.21211283      0.00001182      0.00032199      0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0007  Se1.042                       0.21309225     -0.00015004      0.00038345     -0.00000006
ATVX     1  Mu1.0008  Se1.042                       0.22353114     -0.00020453      0.00046681     -0.00000010
ATVX     1  Mu1.0009  Se1.042                       0.22776047     -0.00016759      0.00072772     -0.00000012
ATVX     1  Mu1.0010  Se1.042                       0.23512885      0.00009479     -0.00021754     -0.00000002
ATVX     1  Mu1.0011  Se1.042                       0.25036962      0.00000349     -0.00000563     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0012  Se1.042                       0.25509510      0.00000041     -0.00000087     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0013  Se1.042                       0.26349964     -0.00002335      0.00005219     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0014  Se1.042                       0.26591210      0.00000207     -0.00000247     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0015  Se1.042                       0.28257946      0.00000053     -0.00000126     -0.00000000
ATVX     1  Mu1.0001  Se1.043                      -0.10307600     -0.00000291     -0.00000240      0.00000000
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#2 2023-11-13 09:29:02

Ignacio
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Re: Is it OK if denominators of CASPT2 had small negative values?

Negative denominators are not necessarily a problem, but close-to-zero denominators may be. By using an imaginary shift you're already protecting yourself against small denominators. See https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00368

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#3 2023-11-13 10:27:06

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Re: Is it OK if denominators of CASPT2 had small negative values?

Dear Ignacio, Thank you for your reply. I did relaxed surface scan along the bond length, but there were three points of bond length  that were hard to converge, should I increase the imaginary shift to improve the opimization convergence? Or any otheralternative  ways?

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#4 2023-11-13 10:45:43

Ignacio
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Re: Is it OK if denominators of CASPT2 had small negative values?

That's hard to tell. What is it that doesn't converge, the energy (CASPT2) or the geometry optimization (SLAPAF)? Do you use numerical or analytical gradients? Do you use a multistate variant, which one? You could try the regularized version (but you'd probably have to redo all energies, and use numerical gradients). Perhaps the active space or the state averaging is not appropriate at those geometries.

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#5 2023-11-13 13:01:36

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Re: Is it OK if denominators of CASPT2 had small negative values?

Ignacio wrote:

That's hard to tell. What is it that doesn't converge, the energy (CASPT2) or the geometry optimization (SLAPAF)? Do you use numerical or analytical gradients? Do you use a multistate variant, which one? You could try the regularized version (but you'd probably have to redo all energies, and use numerical gradients). Perhaps the active space or the state averaging is not appropriate at those geometries.

Dear Ignacio, it was the issue of geometric optimization of CASPT2 using Gaussian's convergence criteria, sometimes the RMS and Max Displacements were difficult to converge, while the RMS and Max of gradients normally converged quickly. I used the analytical gradient, IPEA was set to zero. RASSCF calculated five states, but only ground state was chonsen for geometric optimization. Below is the input file, if there is something inappropriate, please let me know. Thanks a lot.

>>> FOREACH D in (1.8000)

&GATEWAY
 coord=/home/qjq/openmolcas/singlet-1-3-1.8.xyz.
 basis=DEF2-TZVPP
 Constraints
   d = Bond N2 N7
 Values
   d = $D Angstrom
 End of Constraints

>>> COPY $MOLCAS/singlet-1-3-1.8.RasOrb INPORB

>>> Do While  

&SEWARD

&SCF               
 charge=+1
 zspin=0  

&RASSCF
 LUMOrb
 nactel = 8 0 0
 inactive= 31   
 ras2 = 6        
 spin = 1
 ciroot = 5 5 1
 rlxroot = 1

&CASPT2
 frozen = 0
 rlxroot = 1
 MAXIter = 100
 imaginary = 0.2

&MCLR

&ALASKA

&SLAPAF
 MAXStep = 0.1

>>> EndDo

>>> END FOREACH

Last edited by ABQTrap (2023-11-13 13:12:25)

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Ignacio
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Re: Is it OK if denominators of CASPT2 had small negative values?

You may want to use a multistate variant, especially if the ground state is crossing with S1.

As for the geometry optimization, you could add an energy criterion (e.g. "Thrs = 1.0e-6 3.0e-4" in SLAPAF) or try the RVO method ("Kriging" keyword), it may behave differently.

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