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Accelerator 发表于 2019-1-21 17:38
Free energy surface can be obtained by frequency calculations ignoring imaginary modes, or by mole ...
I’ve got a question (maybe stupid). According to the white paper “Vibrational Analysis in Gaussian” (http://gaussian.com/vib/), vibrational frequency calculations are invalid for geometries that are not saddle points on the PES, except the points along IRC where the non-zero derivative can be projected out. The paper “Thermochemistry in Gaussian” (http://gaussian.com/thermo/) also stessed that “Since the vibrational partition function depends on the frequencies, you must use a structure that is either a minimum or a saddle point.” So, how would you calculate the vibrational partition function to get the free energy? |
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