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Gaussian is an electronic structure program, used by chemists, chemical engineers, biochemists, physicists and others for research in established and emerging areas of chemical interest.

Starting from the basic laws of quantum mechanics, Gaussian predicts the energies, molecular structures, and vibrational frequencies of molecular systems, along with numerous molecular properties derived from these basic computation types. It can be used to study molecules and reactions under a wide range of conditions, including both stable species and compounds which are difficult or impossible to observe experimentally such as short-lived intermediates and transition structures.

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Documentation

From Gaussian, Inc.:

Usage on Bridges-2

To see what versions of Gaussian are available and if there is more than one, which is the default, along with some help, type

module spider gaussian

To use Gaussian, include a command like this in your batch script or interactive session to load the Gaussian module: (note ‘module load’ is case-sensitive):

module load gaussian

Example script

Here is an example script to run Gaussian. You can also find this script and the input file in directory /opt/packages/examples/gaussian on Bridges-2.

 

#!/bin/csh
#SBATCH -p RM
#SBATCH -t 00:30:00
#SBATCH -N 1
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=128

#NOTE. Adjust N and ntasks-per-node above according to your needs, use RM-shared
 if needed
#Set up gaussian environment

module load gaussian

#Turn echo on so all commands are echoed in the output log
set echo
#

cd $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR

#ATTENTION. IF YOU CHANGE THE SHELL (FIRST LINE OF THIS SCRIPT),
#PLEASE CHANGE THE INITIALIZATION FILE THAT YOU SOURCE ACCORDINGLY:
#Initialization Files
#$g16root/g16/bsd/g16.login     C shell
#$g16root/g16/bsd/g16.profile   Bourne shell

source $g16root/g16/bsd/g16.login

g16 < input  >& output.log