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Tuesday, 14. January 2020

To Do:

  • Read up on SAPT
  • Figure out how to extract HOMO-LUMO data of just one fragment
    • Perhaps another type of bond analysis?
  • Read paper for group meeting from Peter (I tried :( )
  • Check output from ethene molclus calcs
  • Check SAPT output from Ethyne-NTF2
  • Check HF NBO calcs
  • Check NTF2 molclus calcs
    • Then get ethene HF calcs on
  • Check Ethyne-PD HF calc

SAPT crashed again, this time because it couldn’t access the scratch directory, so I fixed up the scripts and resubmitted

The Ethyne-PD job showed no interaction at the distance computed

Progress Matrix

(1=Single Opt, 2=Pair opt, 3=HF, 4=SAPT )

Anions

BF2(CF3)2 BF4 C(CN)3 Cl NTF2 N(CN)2
Ethane
Ethene 2-Done 2-Done 2-Done 2-Done 2-IP 2-Done
Ethyne 3-Done 3-Done 3-Done 3-Done 4-IP 3-Done
Benzen
Furan
Pyrrole

Cations

Na C1MPyr ImidMe2 NMe4 PMe4
Ethane
Ethene 2-Done 2-Done 2-Done 2-Done 2-Done
Ethyne 3-Done 3-Done 3-Done 3-Done 3-Done
Benzen
Furan
Pyrrole

Metals

Ni Pd
Ethane
Ethene 2-IP 2-IP
Ethyne 3-Done 2-FAIL1
Benzen
Furan
Pyrrole

  1. Ethyne-Pd can’t be optimised to a minimum without it’s tearing the ethyne apart and attempts to obtain useful information from a single point calculation on an assumed geometry present results that cannot be trusted.