<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div>Dear All,<br></div>I am performing a neb calculation for 1,5 -hydrogen shift.I gave no of image 10.But those image i am getting very terrible ,they are very high energetic.I tried many times but I am getting the same.My input is given below<br>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>BEGIN<br>BEGIN_PATH_INPUT<br>&PATH<br>  restart_mode      = 'from_scratch'<br>
  string_method     = 'neb',<br>  nstep_path        = 250,<br>  ds                = 2.D0,<br>  opt_scheme        = "broyden",<br>  num_of_images     = 10,<br>  k_max             = 0.3D0,<br>  k_min             = 0.2D0,<br>
  path_thr          = 0.1D0,<br>  CI_scheme         = "auto",<br>/<br>END_PATH_INPUT<br>BEGIN_ENGINE_INPUT<br>&CONTROL<br>                      outdir = '/work/spad/rameswar/NEB_acoh/neb_pentadiene/' ,<br>
                  pseudo_dir = '/work/spad/espresso-5.0/pseudo/' ,<br>                    prefix = 'pentadiene' ,<br><br>/<br>&SYSTEM<br>                          ibrav = 0,<br>                         celldm(1) = 1.8903<br>
                         nat = 13,<br>                        ntyp = 2,<br>                     ecutwfc = 30 ,<br>                     ecutrho = 300 ,<br>                 occupations = 'smearing' ,<br>                    smearing = 'gaussian' <br>
                    degauss = 0.01<br>                   tot_charge=0,<br>                     nosym = .true.<br>/<br> &ELECTRONS<br>              electron_maxstep = 1000 ,<br>                 conv_thr = 1.0d-6<br>                 mixing_beta = 0.3 ,<br>
               diagonalization='david'<br>               diago_david_ndim = 4<br>/<br> &IONS<br>               upscale = 100 ,<br><br>/<br>&CELL<br>cell_dynamics='bfgs',<br> press = 0.0<br>/<br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
H   1.008    H.pbe-van_ak.UPF<br>C   12.0107  C.pbe-van_ak.UPF<br> <br>BEGIN_POSITIONS<br>FIRST_IMAGE<br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom      <br> C                  1.31953600    0.39251400   -0.19343100 <br> H                  2.06529200    0.99605700   -0.71272700 <br>
 C                  0.05078000    1.08150100    0.07624800 <br> H                  0.14286600    2.15744500    0.22388600 <br> C                 -1.19511100    0.56812000    0.11418900 <br> H                 -2.00384900    1.26564900    0.33037400 <br>
 C                  1.66688000   -0.85585100    0.16169100 <br> H                  1.00988300   -1.50109900    0.73605200 <br> H                  2.64463400   -1.25497800   -0.09145400 <br> C                 -1.61619400   -0.85095500   -0.13977400  <br>
 H                 -0.86303200   -1.40706100   -0.70511400 <br> H                 -1.79063100   -1.39166100    0.80077400 <br> H                 -2.56051200   -0.87631800   -0.69533200 <br>LAST_IMAGE<br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom<br>
 C                 -1.19534800    0.56802500   -0.11421000 <br> H                 -2.00438700    1.26537500   -0.32984500 <br> C                  0.05037100    1.08169200   -0.07634100 <br> H                  0.14251100    2.15766000   -0.22366400 <br>
 C                  1.31930100    0.39264000    0.19337400 <br> H                  2.06491000    0.99644800    0.71260700 <br> C                 -1.61573100   -0.85129100    0.13977700 <br> H                 -1.78972900   -1.39225000   -0.80073900 <br>
 H                 -2.56016400   -0.87714600    0.69510400 <br> C                  1.66702300   -0.85563500   -0.16164600 <br> H                 -0.86209300   -1.40685600    0.70503200 <br> H                  1.01027200   -1.50148700   -0.73565400 <br>
 H                  2.64498300   -1.25433600    0.09143800 <br><br>END_POSITIONS<br><br>K_POINTS gamma<br><br>CELL_PARAMETERS<br>20.00  0.000  0.000<br>0.000   20.000  0.000<br>0.000  0.000  20.0000<br>END_ENGINE_INPUT<br>
END<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br></div>and the coordinate of the images are<br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
first_image<br>    C      1.3195360000      0.3925140000     -0.1934310000<br>    H      2.0652920000      0.9960570000     -0.7127270000<br>    C      0.0507800000      1.0815010000      0.0762480000<br>    H      0.1428660000      2.1574450000      0.2238860000<br>
    C     -1.1951110000      0.5681200000      0.1141890000<br>    H     -2.0038490000      1.2656490000      0.3303740000<br>    C      1.6668800000     -0.8558510000      0.1616910000<br>    H      1.0098830000     -1.5010990000      0.7360520000<br>
    H      2.6446340000     -1.2549780000     -0.0914540000<br>    C     -1.6161940000     -0.8509550000     -0.1397740000<br>    H     -0.8630320000     -1.4070610000     -0.7051140000<br>    H     -1.7906310000     -1.3916610000      0.8007740000<br>
    H     -2.5605120000     -0.8763180000     -0.6953320000<br>intermediate_image    1<br>    C      1.0416235670      0.4096826261     -0.1847281913<br>    H      1.6124607436      1.0267761067     -0.6708528399<br>    C      0.0537058850      1.0860702728      0.0596630422<br>
    H      0.1428460638      2.1576140221      0.1739526568<br>    C     -0.9199608069      0.5450727328      0.1232272746<br>    H     -1.5512985038      1.2363516284      0.3734291705<br>    C      1.2981007866     -0.8528495649      0.1593086615<br>
    H      0.6962406140     -1.4898303363      0.5653138105<br>    H      2.0674711412     -1.2145164128     -0.0045940149<br>    C     -1.2504287178     -0.8463507998     -0.1379062740<br>    H     -0.8587514466     -1.4116254973     -0.5513732775<br>
    H     -1.4782928984     -1.4045884656      0.6307027960<br>    H     -1.9830206898     -0.9185018154     -0.6095645184<br>intermediate_image    2<br>    C      0.7697708965      0.4198288397     -0.1781298039<br>    H      1.1576798732      1.0584049209     -0.6299548953<br>
    C      0.0600373019      1.1062813519      0.0442962608<br>    H      0.1428386007      2.1578869519      0.1237678121<br>    C     -0.6539753372      0.5118928036      0.1335399475<br>    H     -1.0971330198      1.2078106990      0.4173145558<br>
    C      0.9212569220     -0.8438869413      0.1580428030<br>    H      0.3810863513     -1.4792141963      0.3937583913<br>    H      1.4957342148     -1.1792660778      0.0820502918<br>    C     -0.8723392467     -0.8299444788     -0.1292797358<br>
    H     -0.8589855856     -1.4266486470     -0.3986380386<br>    H     -1.1648720529     -1.4181501883      0.4604625178<br>    H     -1.4102486256     -0.9617493545     -0.5293429090<br>intermediate_image    3<br>    C      0.5152709718      0.4164260568     -0.1815486968<br>
    H      0.6986982750      1.0908440287     -0.5905036296<br>    C      0.0627472742      1.1566352211      0.0253546832<br>    H      0.1427755023      2.1583161254      0.0731925773<br>    C     -0.4014949867      0.4650729032      0.1571386960<br>
    H     -0.6390783549      1.1795902675      0.4645508606<br>    C      0.5324329659     -0.8140711069      0.1540264641<br>    H      0.0657799714     -1.4716702851      0.2203884887<br>    H      0.9349463549     -1.1638419454      0.1759490522<br>
    C     -0.4781050609     -0.8230493527     -0.1175326270<br>    H     -0.8714517559     -1.4255596409     -0.2343839151<br>    H     -0.8508633194     -1.4331811207      0.2942385733<br>    H     -0.8406517784     -1.0123247430     -0.4715073100<br>
intermediate_image    4<br>    C      0.2787694936      0.4133995319     -0.2941708064<br>    H      0.2088503172      1.1275631771     -0.5637816490<br>    C      0.0568888419      1.1950962371      0.0007780485<br>    H      0.1429175143      2.1583892534      0.0190973599<br>
    C     -0.1552204492      0.4306419342      0.2908511281<br>    H     -0.1530540411      1.1512497159      0.5343678558<br>    C      0.2537009233     -0.7461400629      0.2226441223<br>    H     -0.2467315902     -1.4712624484      0.0300927454<br>
    H      0.3135381160     -1.1855709022      0.3223140066<br>    C     -0.2037123083     -0.7564542621     -0.1926243029<br>    H     -0.8859977082     -1.4104737852     -0.0664084280<br>    H     -0.5323440561     -1.4522500049      0.1159392834<br>
    H     -0.2064322945     -1.1310654114     -0.4267527875<br>intermediate_image    5<br>    C     -0.1115876668      0.4269928554     -0.3008617870<br>    H     -0.0930377972      1.1470010345     -0.5409666281<br>    C      0.0562258918      1.1965905485      0.0009822449<br>
    H      0.1429224793      2.1584063967     -0.0123636558<br>    C      0.2356282630      0.4153249469      0.3020697380<br>    H      0.1487946133      1.1318737416      0.5598152551<br>    C     -0.1611903412     -0.7542762665      0.2105957709<br>
    H     -0.4990534627     -1.4540644055     -0.0949995760<br>    H     -0.1257034359     -1.1406838592      0.4153835240<br>    C      0.2115378755     -0.7429183752     -0.2366369732<br>    H     -0.8859304121     -1.4104266076      0.0446838834<br>
    H     -0.2812713037     -1.4700597929     -0.0039106157<br>    H      0.2339335275     -1.1806735747     -0.3382816195<br>intermediate_image    6<br>    C     -0.4014272064      0.4649683123     -0.1571127693<br>    H     -0.6391673180      1.1792736818     -0.4642506604<br>
    C      0.0626008101      1.1566646778     -0.0254538503<br>    H      0.1426587089      2.1583862967     -0.0729547358<br>    C      0.5150783912      0.4165784260      0.1814594883<br>    H      0.6984705317      1.0911965754      0.5905762897<br>
    C     -0.4777203227     -0.8233191632      0.1176047364<br>    H     -0.8502910428     -1.4334542304     -0.2940406376<br>    H     -0.8403177395     -1.0130648561      0.4712712403<br>    C      0.5321642170     -0.8138536755     -0.1539666924<br>
    H     -0.8711631070     -1.4255566070      0.2342325112<br>    H      0.0656390413     -1.4717233751     -0.2200530275<br>    H      0.9349299266     -1.1630804517     -0.1760670382<br>intermediate_image    7<br>    C     -0.6540926426      0.5117847521     -0.1335649407<br>
    H     -1.0974670860      1.2075139819     -0.4169306314<br>    C      0.0598067280      1.1063825854     -0.0443914639<br>    H      0.1426416757      2.1580055595     -0.1235459667<br>    C      0.7696384692      0.4199588647      0.1780830306<br>
    H      1.1574983643      1.0587665913      0.6299769792<br>    C     -0.8720278169     -0.8301974232      0.1292812646<br>    H     -1.1642569308     -1.4185234487     -0.4603486709<br>    H     -1.4100522160     -0.9625446967      0.5291524682<br>
    C      0.9212481920     -0.8436552585     -0.1580088351<br>    H     -0.8584542009     -1.4265788672      0.3985788894<br>    H      0.3811905012     -1.4793813800     -0.3934381793<br>    H      1.4959376694     -1.1785749433     -0.0821162445<br>
intermediate_image    8<br>    C     -0.9201430644      0.5449713763     -0.1232516573<br>    H     -1.5517343360      1.2360652468     -0.3729725461<br>    C      0.0533905907      1.0862173983     -0.0597553868<br>    H      0.1425698921      2.1577810033     -0.1737307337<br>
    C      1.0414389172      0.4098096406      0.1846752988<br>    H      1.6121794999      1.0271532518      0.6708041505<br>    C     -1.2500420892     -0.8466659630      0.1379098688<br>    H     -1.4775338524     -1.4050691232     -0.6306277600<br>
    H     -1.9827488578     -0.9193111730      0.6093589204<br>    C      1.2981731324     -0.8526231990     -0.1592693760<br>    H     -0.8580137776     -1.4114702974      0.5512968311<br>    H      0.6964863918     -1.4901087050     -0.5649549149<br>
    H      2.0677428150     -1.2138519535      0.0045539681<br>last_image<br>    C     -1.1953480000      0.5680250000     -0.1142100000<br>    H     -2.0043870000      1.2653750000     -0.3298450000<br>    C      0.0503710000      1.0816920000     -0.0763410000<br>
    H      0.1425110000      2.1576600000     -0.2236640000<br>    C      1.3193010000      0.3926400000      0.1933740000<br>    H      2.0649100000      0.9964480000      0.7126070000<br>    C     -1.6157310000     -0.8512910000      0.1397770000<br>
    H     -1.7897290000     -1.3922500000     -0.8007390000<br>    H     -2.5601640000     -0.8771460000      0.6951040000<br>    C      1.6670230000     -0.8556350000     -0.1616460000<br>    H     -0.8620930000     -1.4068560000      0.7050320000<br>
    H      1.0102720000     -1.5014870000     -0.7356540000<br>    H      2.6449830000     -1.2543360000      0.0914380000<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br></div>So can anybody help me to sort out the problem.I am also getting the same result for acetic acid dimer proton transfer also.All suggestion will be highly appreciated.Thank you.<br><br></div>Best regards<br></div>
Rameswar Bhattacharjee<br></div>Dept.of Spectroscopy<br></div>IACS Kolkata,<br></div>India.<br></div>