Category Archives: Spartan HowTo
Predicting NMR shifts for organoiodine compounds in Spartan
Shift prediction for RI (and ArI and I-anything) molecules is impossible using the 6-31G*basis set because these basis functions have not been defined for iodine. Use 6-311G*.
‘Out of Memory’ Errors in Spartan
The computers in C203 are equipped with i7 8-core processors and 8G of total RAM. This occasionally leads to “out of memory” errors. These errors are particularly common during Spartan DFT IR calculations (a typical output error message reads, “Error … finish reading ‘Out of Memory’ Errors in Spartan
Spartan tip – Natural Bond Orbitals
Parts of Weinhold’s Natural Population Analysis (NAO, NBO, but not NHO, NRT, perturbation calculations, etc.) have been part of Spartan from the very beginning, but the instructions for accessing this analysis keeps changing. Here is my understanding of what parts … finish reading Spartan tip – Natural Bond Orbitals
Spartan tip – Symmetry errors
Spartan automatically examines models for symmetry. When it finds symmetry elements, it applies these in subsequent calculations. For example, if you build ‘flat’ NH3 (possible point groups: Cs, C3v, D3h, etc.) and calculate its equilibrium geometry, you will end up … finish reading Spartan tip – Symmetry errors
Adjust JPEG resolution in Spartan’08 (Windows)
This info has been knocking around my email inbox for a long time (rec’d from Wavefunction help on 9/15/2009), but while Spartan has moved on to Spartan’10 (’12 or ’13 just around the corner), maybe the advice is still useful.
Converting Total Energy to Enthalpy, 298K, 1 atm
The total energy is obtained from a model in which the nuclei are frozen in place. Therefore, the total energy fails to include the kinetic energy of the nuclei and cannot be compared directly to the standard enthalpy, H,… Continue reading