log to TS

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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the log-to-TS method and the ASE Gaussian calculator code that writes the input title block. Review how TS metadata is currently recovered from atom sorting labels. Done means Gaussian inputs preserve ts.reaction_label, ts.reaction_family, ts.direction, and labeled atoms so log-to-TS generation remains reliable across ASE versions.

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Description

To update the TS database, we need to work backwards: generate a TS from a log file. We currently rely on the atom sorting labels to identify the atoms in the reaction center. However, sometimes the sorting labels in the log file don't match up with the TS sorting labels (if using a different version of ase for example). We could make the log to TS method more robust if we include key information in the gaussian log file needed to generate the TS, such as ts.reaction_label, ts.reaction_family, ts.direction, and ts.rmg_molecule.get_all_labeled_atoms(). We could do this by adding these attributes to the title block of the gaussian input file (unfortunately Gaussian doesn't print comments in output). However, ase's gaussian calculator does not have a title parameter (it just writes Gaussian input prepared by ASE), so we would need to change ase Gaussian code

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