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The GAM ESS program webpage http //www.msa.ameslab.aov/GAMESS/GAMESS.html... 

Using PCMODEL, draw H2O. Minimize using the MM3 force field. Save to the filename water.inp (or some such) in the GAMESS format. Copy to your GAMESS directory. Copy to filename INPUT and be sure that PUNCH has been renamed to PUNCH.OLD or has been erased entirely. Run using GAMESS.EXE > FILENAME.OUT. The INPUT file... 

Double zeta valence or triple zeta valence calculations can be carried out by putting DZV or TZV in place of STO NGAUSS = 3 in the second line of the INPUT file in the GAMESS implementation. The calculated energies become progressively lower (better) for double and triple zeta basis sets... 

Plot the curve of the bond energy of H2 vs. intemuclear distance for the H2 molecule using the STO-3G, double zeta valence (DZV), and triple zeta valence (TZV) basis sets in the GAMESS implementation. 

Note that, for themiochemical purposes, there is no requirement that we can actually cany out the reaction. Systematic computational errors will, in some measure, cancel between the right and left sides of isodesmic reactions (10-20), giving an estimate of the GAMESS calculations at the STO-3G level lead... 

GAUSSIAN or GAMESS implementation and at a level of theory r6-.31G(d), etc.] of your choosing. Your choice of implementation and level will likely be dictated by the power of the computer system you have. Construct a graph showing the energies of the four isomers on a veilical scale. Comment on the graph you obtain (see Li et al.. 1999). 

What is the energy of atomization of Hj in the STO-3G approximation Cany out the calculation in the GAMESS implementation. 

Based on the equation found in Problem 23, estimate the total energy of n-pentanoic acid by extrapolation to 5 carbon atoms. Carry out the calculation at the 6-3IG MP2 level in the GAMESS implementation and determine the 9c difference between the G.AMKSS calculation and the extrapolated estimate. 

GAMESS VTZ Available for H(5.v) through Ar(12.v9/i). PVTZ adds one polarization function. This is a combination of the Dunning and McClean/ Chandler sets. 

GAMESS stands for general atomic and molecular electronic structure system (we reviewed a version dated Dec. 2, 1998). It is an ah initio and semiempirical program, and has seen the most widespread use for ah initio calculations. The ASCII input hie format is usable but somewhat more lengthy than some other programs. The fact that GAMESS is a free, high-quality software makes it a favorite of many academic researchers. 

The macmolplt graphics package is designed for displaying the output of GAMESS calculations. It can display molecular structures, including an animation of reaction-path trajectories. It also may be used to visualize properties, such as the electron density, orbitals, and electrostatic potential in two or three dimensions. 

GAMESS is designed to have robust algorithms and give the user a fairly detailed level of control over those routines. This makes it better than many other codes at modeling technically difficult systems, such as transition metals and electronic excited states. 

GAMESS has been parallelized for use on multiprocessor computers and collections of networked workstations. 

Gaussian users will find that Q-Chem feels familiar. The ASCII input format is a bit more wordy than Gaussian it is more similar to GAMESS input. The output is very similar to Gaussian output, but a bit cleaner. The code can easily be used with a job-queueing system. 

Molden (we tested Version 3.6) is a molecular display program. It can display molecular geometries read from a number of molecular file formats. Various views of the wave function can be displayed from the output of the Gaussian and GAMESS programs. Some functionality is available from MOP AC and AMP AC files. Conversion programs are available to import wave functions from ADF, MOLPRO, ACES II, MOLCAS, DALTON, Jaguar, and HONDO. 

GAMESS general atomic and molecular electronic structure system... 

Guest, M. F. Kendrick, J. GAMESS user manual, 1985, Daresburv Technical Memorandum. 

M. W. Schmidt et al., Gamess General atomic and molecular electronic structure system (2006), see http //www.msg.ameslab.gov/GAMESS/GAMESS.html and / Comput. Chem. 14, 1347 (1993). 

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