From 4af4e94b63df12081ca5dd20469663e40bf4c9d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Paton Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 16:13:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README updated --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2b7be77..b236ba7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ All (electronic, translational, rotational and vibrational) partition functions The quasi-harmonic approximation is applied to the vibrational entropy: below a given cut-off value vibrational normal modes are not well described by the rigid-rotor-harmonic-oscillator (RRHO) approximation and an alternative expression is instead used to compute the associated entropy. The quasi-harmonic vibrational entropy is always less than or equal to the standard (RRHO) value obtained using Gaussian. Two literature approaches have been implemented. In the simplest approach, from [Cramer and Truhlar](http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp205508z)1, all frequencies below the cut-off are uniformly shifted up to the cut-off value before entropy calculation in the RRHO approximation. Alternatively, as proposed by [Grimme](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201200497/full)2, entropic terms for frequencies below the cut-off are obtained from the free-rotor approximation; for those above the RRHO expression is retained. A damping function is used to interpolate between these two expressions close to the cut-off frequency. -##Installation +####Installation 1. Download the script from https://github.com/bobbypaton/GoodVibes or from the wiki (ICIQ) 2. Add the directory of the scripts to the PATH environmental variable (optional). 3. Run the script with your Gaussian output files. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The output shows both standard harmonic and quasi-harmonic corrected thermochemi * It is possible to run on any number of files at once, for example using wildcards to specify all of the Gaussian files in a directory (*.out) * The script will not work if terse output was requested in the Gaussian job. -##References +####References 1. Ribeiro, R. F.; Marenich, A. V.; Cramer, C. J.; Truhlar, D. G. *J. Phys. Chem. B* **2011**, *115*, 14556-14562 [**DOI:** 10.1021/jp205508z](http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp205508z) 2. Grimme, S. *Chem. Eur. J.* **2012**, *18*, 9955–9964 [**DOI:** 10.1002/chem.201200497](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201200497/full) 3. Mammen, M.; Shakhnovich, E. I.; Deutch, J. M.; Whitesides, G. M. *J. Org. Chem.* **1998**, *63*, 3821-3830 [**DOI:** 10.1021/jo970944f](http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo970944f)