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Jacopo

Member

From: Siena

Registered: 2024-01-24

Posts: 2

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RMS-CASPT2 Geometry optimization

Hello everyone,

I was trying to optimize a geometry via RMS-CASPT2. The .input file and the error in the .out file will be attached:

> EXPORT MOLCAS_MOLDEN=ON
> EXPORT MOLCAS_REDUCE_PRT=NO

> COPY $InpDir/$Project.xyz $WorkDir
> COPY $InpDir/$Project.key $WorkDir
> COPY /home/dascenzij/bin/melacu63.prm $WorkDir
> COPY $InpDir/$Project.JobIph $WorkDir
> COPY $InpDir/$Project.JobIph $WorkDir/$Project.JobOld 

&GATEWAY
 tinker
 basis=6-31G*
 group=nosym
 ricd

> EXPORT CONT=1
> export MOLCAS_MAXITER = 100
> Do while

&SEWARD
 DoAnalytical

&ESPF
 External = Tinker
 lamorok

&CASPT2
 maxiter = 300
 rmult = all
 imag = 0.2
 ipea = 0.0

> COPY $Project.JobMix $Project.JobIph

&ALASKA

&SLAPAF
 cartesian
 rHidden = 10.0

> COPY $WorkDir/$Project.xyz $InpDir/$Project.Final.xyz
> COPY $WorkDir/$Project.Espf.Data $InpDir
> COPY $WorkDir/$Project.JobIph $InpDir

> EXPORT EST=00$CONT
> If ( -FILE $Project.$EST )

> COPY $WorkDir/$Project.$EST $InpDir
> EndIf

> EXPORT EST=0$CONT
> If ( -FILE $Project.$EST )

> COPY $WorkDir/$Project.$EST $InpDir
> EndIf

> EVAL CONT=$CONT+1
> EndDo

And here is the error in the .out file:

Location: get_dArray

Data not defined: RASSCF OrbE

Any suggestion of what to do? The calculation stops this way after a couple of hours. I do have the .JobIph coming from an equal root CASSCF calculation at the very beginning. Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,
Jacopo

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Computational researcher on light-responsive biological systems, exploiting OpenMolcas and Gromacs as QM and MD tools.

Posted description and CV in my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacopo-d-ascenzi-213349124/

Ignacio

Administrator

From: Uppsala

Registered: 2015-11-03

Posts: 1,085

Re: RMS-CASPT2 Geometry optimization

Even if you have an initial JobIph file, you will need to perform a CASSCF calculation before CASPT2 at every iteration of the optimization (inside the Do while). I don't know if that is the only reason for the error.

cuplmu

Member

Registered: 2023-06-16

Posts: 5

Re: RMS-CASPT2 Geometry optimization

Hi Jacopo,

I had a similar issue and the fix is quite silly: Increase the verbosity level of your output. I postet that quite some time back (here), that any calculations with print level 0 or 1 do crash - I guess there is something read from the log-file. Seems super odd to me but thats the only explanation I have. The default is NOT 2 as stated in the documentation, at least setting it manually to 2 fixes the problem.

All the best and good luck