ReactionMechanismGenerator / ReactionMechanismGenerator/ARC
ARC could not determine the correct structure when two dihedrals should be changed
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Description
AIBN is a radical initiator

ARC oscillated between two structures, both have a rotor (the central N-N rotor) with a more stable conformer



Levels used:
Using default level wb97xd/6-311++g(d,p) for geometry optimizations
Using default level wb97xd/6-311++g(d,p) for frequency calculations
Using b3lyp/6-311+g(3df,2p) for single point calculations
Using wb97xd/6-311++g(d,p) for rotor scans
The correct structure of AIBN is:
N 0.43620300 -0.16213600 0.39977000
N -0.43609600 0.16200900 -0.39967300
N 3.47047000 -1.53123100 0.03196200
N -3.46996200 1.53150000 -0.03036300
C 1.77826200 0.47460500 0.12212700
C -1.77820800 -0.47465200 -0.12199900
C 2.06997600 1.34762500 1.36001200
C 1.86126100 1.27708200 -1.18253100
C -1.86100900 -1.27778400 1.18227200
C -2.07041800 -1.34697300 -1.36024900
C 2.72158400 -0.65672400 0.08094100
C -2.72128800 0.65684600 -0.07998100
H 3.08053300 1.75482400 1.30309300
H 1.97462700 0.76131600 2.27429700
H 1.35568300 2.17301000 1.39068400
H 1.63043300 0.65189300 -2.04518700
H 2.86999700 1.67776300 -1.29694300
H 1.14801100 2.10104700 -1.15797500
H -1.14806900 -2.10199900 1.15698900
H -2.86984100 -1.67817400 1.29685000
H -1.62961800 -0.65314800 2.04517300
H -1.35626800 -2.17245900 -1.39156500
H -3.08102200 -1.75404500 -1.30325100
H -1.97523500 -0.76020200 -2.27425500
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Reproduce the AIBN case using the listed optimization, frequency, single-point, and rotor-scan levels and the supplied coordinates. Start by tracing the rotor-scan and conformer-selection entry points; done means the calculation no longer oscillates between structures and selects the reported correct structure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
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- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100