Large imaginary frequencies in ROKS calculations

Dear users and developers!

I have encountered a strange problem, for which I have no good explanation. Having optimized an S1-state geometry of bithiophene at the ROKS level of theory I have attempted to perform a harmonic analysis. To my surprise I have found roughly half of the normal modes having imaginary frequencies, some of which are extremely high, so it cannot be put down to some inaccuracies in geometry optimization. Also, the proximity of another singlet state can be quite safely ruled out, as the S2 state is over 0.5 eV higher in energy. I have checked that the ROKS energy in geometry optimization and in the frequency job are the same. What can be the reason of such peculiar and - I think - obviously wrong behavior of Q-Chem can be? I am including the input and output files for geometry optimization and for the harmonic anlysis. I have used the 6.2 version of Q-Chem.

I will be grateful for any assistance.
Yours sincerely
Marcin Andrzejak

input and output files below:

$comment
Optymalizacja 2furan z ROKS
$end

$molecule
 0  1
O       1.4274451110    -1.1072345699    -0.0000000000
C       2.7329372678    -0.7250739544     0.0000000000
H       3.4615493923    -1.5278489489    -0.0000000000
C       2.8489683254     0.6555898802     0.0000000000
H       3.7870160845     1.2042609337     0.0000000000
C       1.5640549152     1.1841979200    -0.0000000000
H       1.2533831309     2.2227326131    -0.0000000000
C       0.6837168428     0.0576197541    -0.0000000000
C      -0.6837168440    -0.0576197449    -0.0000000000
C      -1.5640549103    -1.1841979173    -0.0000000000
C      -2.8489683259    -0.6555898851     0.0000000000
C      -2.7329372713     0.7250739523    -0.0000000000
O      -1.4274451150     1.1072345773    -0.0000000000
H      -3.4615494011     1.5278489434     0.0000000000
H      -3.7870160816    -1.2042609451     0.0000000000
H      -1.2533831205    -2.2227326086     0.0000000000
$end

$rem
jobtype            sp
method             cam-b3lyp
basis              gen
basis2             sto-3g
purecart           11
PRINT_GENERAL_BASIS true
gen_scfman         false
SCF_CONVERGENCE    9
MAX_SCF_CYCLES     500
scf_final_print    true
MEM_STATIC         2000
CC_MEMORY          80000
XC_GRID            3
$end

$basis
h 0
   s  3  1.0
  13.010701000      0.19682158000E-01
  1.9622572000      0.13796524000
 0.44453796000      0.47831935000
   s  1  1.0
 0.12194962000       1.0000000000
   p  1  1.0
 0.80000000000       1.0000000000
****
c 0
   s  5  1.0
  3623.8613000      0.16339191000E-02
  544.04621000      0.12521701000E-01
  123.74338000      0.62113914000E-01
  34.763209000      0.21817729000
  10.933333000      0.49800431000
   s  1  1.0
  3.5744765000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.57483245000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.17303640000       1.0000000000
   p  3  1.0
  9.4432819000      0.37895451000E-01
  2.0017986000      0.20818177000
 0.54629718000      0.50474166000
   p  1  1.0
 0.15202684000       1.0000000000
   d  1  1.0
 0.80000000000       1.0000000000
****
o 0
   s  5  1.0
  6773.3747000      0.17266130000E-02
  1016.7970000      0.13246484000E-01
  231.26738000      0.66026157000E-01
  65.008454000      0.23528361000
  20.499808000      0.54976236000
   s  1  1.0
  6.7160664000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
  1.1471572000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.33423251000       1.0000000000
   p  3  1.0
  17.694264000      0.43590224000E-01
  3.8536027000      0.23178087000
  1.0467465000      0.51455969000
   p  1  1.0
 0.27586043000       1.0000000000
   d  1  1.0
  1.2000000000       1.0000000000
****
$end

@@@

$molecule
    read
$end

$rem
jobtype            opt 
method             cam-b3lyp
basis              gen
purecart           11
PRINT_GENERAL_BASIS true
gen_scfman         false
SCF_GUESS          read
SCF_CONVERGENCE    9
MAX_SCF_CYCLES     500
scf_final_print    true
MEM_STATIC         2000
CC_MEMORY          80000
XC_GRID            3
ROKS               True
$end

$basis
h 0
   s  3  1.0
  13.010701000      0.19682158000E-01
  1.9622572000      0.13796524000
 0.44453796000      0.47831935000
   s  1  1.0
 0.12194962000       1.0000000000
   p  1  1.0
 0.80000000000       1.0000000000
****
c 0
   s  5  1.0
  3623.8613000      0.16339191000E-02
  544.04621000      0.12521701000E-01
  123.74338000      0.62113914000E-01
  34.763209000      0.21817729000
  10.933333000      0.49800431000
   s  1  1.0
  3.5744765000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.57483245000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.17303640000       1.0000000000
   p  3  1.0
  9.4432819000      0.37895451000E-01
  2.0017986000      0.20818177000
 0.54629718000      0.50474166000
   p  1  1.0
 0.15202684000       1.0000000000
   d  1  1.0
 0.80000000000       1.0000000000
****
o 0
   s  5  1.0
  6773.3747000      0.17266130000E-02
  1016.7970000      0.13246484000E-01
  231.26738000      0.66026157000E-01
  65.008454000      0.23528361000
  20.499808000      0.54976236000
   s  1  1.0
  6.7160664000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
  1.1471572000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.33423251000       1.0000000000
   p  3  1.0
  17.694264000      0.43590224000E-01
  3.8536027000      0.23178087000
  1.0467465000      0.51455969000
   p  1  1.0
 0.27586043000       1.0000000000
   d  1  1.0
  1.2000000000       1.0000000000
****
$end

the final lines of the output:
     Step 3	:
        Energy is -458.4565336781
                            Maximum         Tolerance       Converged?
         Gradient           7.48748196e-05	3.00000000e-04	true
         Displacement       8.35080390e-04	1.20000000e-03	true
         Energy change      7.19011211e-07	1.00000000e-06	true

	 Optimization Converged in 3 cycles

 *****************************************************
             End of BFGS Algorithm
 *****************************************************
		----------------------------------
		   Verification of Optimization
		----------------------------------

 Eigenvalues of Hessian in Optimization Verification
   0.10000000   0.10000000   0.10000000   0.10000000   0.10000000
   0.10000000   0.10000000   0.10000000   0.10000000   0.10000000
   0.10000000   0.10000000   0.10000000   0.17877657   0.19594253
   0.20000000   0.20000000   0.20000000   0.20000000   0.20000000
   0.20000000   0.20000000   0.20000000   0.20696839   0.28209028
   0.33935010   0.42749176   0.43752901   0.44184088   0.45200120
   0.49402701   0.50000000   0.50000000   0.50000000   0.50000000
   0.50000000   0.50000000   0.50000000   0.50000000   0.50000000
   0.50943943   0.58595461

 Found a minimum
		---------------------------------
		       End of Verification
		---------------------------------

 Final energy is -458.456533678090

	******************************
	**  OPTIMIZATION CONVERGED  **
	******************************
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
             Standard Nuclear Orientation (Angstroms)
    I     Atom           X                Y                Z
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
    1      O       1.4257558771    -1.1080485761     0.0000000000
    2      C       2.7341639380    -0.7264420477     0.0000000000
    3      H       3.4631673265    -1.5278473312     0.0000000000
    4      C       2.8485451386     0.6509188829    -0.0000000000
    5      H       3.7862593442     1.1990136347    -0.0000000000
    6      C       1.5627333612     1.1817056687    -0.0000000000
    7      H       1.2521855246     2.2193917599    -0.0000000000
    8      C       0.6846930428     0.0571388846     0.0000000000
    9      C      -0.6846930421    -0.0571388849     0.0000000000
   10      C      -1.5627333611    -1.1817056695    -0.0000000000
   11      C      -2.8485451394    -0.6509188846     0.0000000000
   12      C      -2.7341639391     0.7264420473     0.0000000000
   13      O      -1.4257558764     1.1080485777     0.0000000000
   14      H      -3.4631673283     1.5278473317     0.0000000000
   15      H      -3.7862593450    -1.1990136372     0.0000000000
   16      H      -1.2521855242    -2.2193917606    -0.0000000000
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 Molecular Point Group                 C2h   NOp =  4
 Largest Abelian Subgroup              C2h   NOp =  4
 Nuclear Repulsion Energy =         479.85372995 hartrees
 There are       35 alpha and       35 beta electrons

Z-matrix Print:
$molecule
0 1
O 
C  1 1.362922
H  2 1.083373 1 116.031721
C  1 1.380882 2 106.196786 3 180.000000 0
C  4 1.374146 1 117.686103 2 180.000000 0
O  5 1.380882 4 117.686103 1 180.000000 0
C  6 1.362922 5 106.196786 4 -180.000000 0
H  7 1.083373 6 116.031721 5 -180.000000 0
C  2 1.382102 1 111.006864 3 180.000000 0
H  9 1.086147 2 125.053485 1 -180.000000 0
C  7 1.382102 6 111.006864 5 -0.000000 0
H  11 1.086147 7 125.053485 6 -180.000000 0
C  9 1.391060 2 107.683812 1 0.000000 0
H  13 1.083159 9 129.091815 2 180.000000 0
C  11 1.391060 7 107.683812 6 -0.000000 0
H  15 1.083159 11 129.091815 7 -180.000000 0
$end

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                  END OF GEOMETRY OPTIMIZER USING LIBOPT3               
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input for the frequencies:

$comment
Optymalizacja 2furan z ROKS
$end

$molecule
 0  1
O       1.4257558771    -1.1080485761     0.0000000000
C       2.7341639380    -0.7264420477     0.0000000000
H       3.4631673265    -1.5278473312     0.0000000000
C       2.8485451386     0.6509188829    -0.0000000000
H       3.7862593442     1.1990136347    -0.0000000000
C       1.5627333612     1.1817056687    -0.0000000000
H       1.2521855246     2.2193917599    -0.0000000000
C       0.6846930428     0.0571388846     0.0000000000
C      -0.6846930421    -0.0571388849     0.0000000000
C      -1.5627333611    -1.1817056695    -0.0000000000
C      -2.8485451394    -0.6509188846     0.0000000000
C      -2.7341639391     0.7264420473     0.0000000000
O      -1.4257558764     1.1080485777     0.0000000000
H      -3.4631673283     1.5278473317     0.0000000000
H      -3.7862593450    -1.1990136372     0.0000000000
H      -1.2521855242    -2.2193917606    -0.0000000000
$end

$rem
jobtype            sp
method             cam-b3lyp
basis              gen
basis2             sto-3g
purecart           11
PRINT_GENERAL_BASIS true
gen_scfman         false
SCF_CONVERGENCE    9
MAX_SCF_CYCLES     500
scf_final_print    true
MEM_STATIC         2000
MEM_TOTAL          20000
XC_GRID            3
$end

$basis
h 0
   s  3  1.0
  13.010701000      0.19682158000E-01
  1.9622572000      0.13796524000
 0.44453796000      0.47831935000
   s  1  1.0
 0.12194962000       1.0000000000
   p  1  1.0
 0.80000000000       1.0000000000
****
c 0
   s  5  1.0
  3623.8613000      0.16339191000E-02
  544.04621000      0.12521701000E-01
  123.74338000      0.62113914000E-01
  34.763209000      0.21817729000
  10.933333000      0.49800431000
   s  1  1.0
  3.5744765000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.57483245000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.17303640000       1.0000000000
   p  3  1.0
  9.4432819000      0.37895451000E-01
  2.0017986000      0.20818177000
 0.54629718000      0.50474166000
   p  1  1.0
 0.15202684000       1.0000000000
   d  1  1.0
 0.80000000000       1.0000000000
****
o 0
   s  5  1.0
  6773.3747000      0.17266130000E-02
  1016.7970000      0.13246484000E-01
  231.26738000      0.66026157000E-01
  65.008454000      0.23528361000
  20.499808000      0.54976236000
   s  1  1.0
  6.7160664000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
  1.1471572000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.33423251000       1.0000000000
   p  3  1.0
  17.694264000      0.43590224000E-01
  3.8536027000      0.23178087000
  1.0467465000      0.51455969000
   p  1  1.0
 0.27586043000       1.0000000000
   d  1  1.0
  1.2000000000       1.0000000000
****
$end

@@@

$molecule
    read
$end

$rem
jobtype            freq
method             cam-b3lyp
basis              gen
purecart           11
PRINT_GENERAL_BASIS true
gen_scfman         false
SCF_GUESS          read
SCF_CONVERGENCE    9
MAX_SCF_CYCLES     500
scf_final_print    true
MEM_STATIC         2000
MEM_TOTAL          20000
XC_GRID            3
IQMOL_FCHK         True
ROKS               True
$end

$basis
h 0
   s  3  1.0
  13.010701000      0.19682158000E-01
  1.9622572000      0.13796524000
 0.44453796000      0.47831935000
   s  1  1.0
 0.12194962000       1.0000000000
   p  1  1.0
 0.80000000000       1.0000000000
****
c 0
   s  5  1.0
  3623.8613000      0.16339191000E-02
  544.04621000      0.12521701000E-01
  123.74338000      0.62113914000E-01
  34.763209000      0.21817729000
  10.933333000      0.49800431000
   s  1  1.0
  3.5744765000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.57483245000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.17303640000       1.0000000000
   p  3  1.0
  9.4432819000      0.37895451000E-01
  2.0017986000      0.20818177000
 0.54629718000      0.50474166000
   p  1  1.0
 0.15202684000       1.0000000000
   d  1  1.0
 0.80000000000       1.0000000000
****
o 0
   s  5  1.0
  6773.3747000      0.17266130000E-02
  1016.7970000      0.13246484000E-01
  231.26738000      0.66026157000E-01
  65.008454000      0.23528361000
  20.499808000      0.54976236000
   s  1  1.0
  6.7160664000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
  1.1471572000       1.0000000000
   s  1  1.0
 0.33423251000       1.0000000000
   p  3  1.0
  17.694264000      0.43590224000E-01
  3.8536027000      0.23178087000
  1.0467465000      0.51455969000
   p  1  1.0
 0.27586043000       1.0000000000
   d  1  1.0
  1.2000000000       1.0000000000
****
$end

output of the frequency job (edited to reduce the number of lines)


 A cutoff of  1.0D-13 yielded   3336 shell pairs
 There are     14316 function pairs (     15929 Cartesian)
 Smallest overlap matrix eigenvalue = 7.51E-04
 Guess MOs from SCF MO coefficient file
 Reading MOs from coefficient file
 Reading MOs from coefficient file
 Long-range K will be added via erf
 Coulomb attenuation parameter = 0.33 bohr**(-1)
 A restricted hybrid HF-DFT SCF calculation will be
 performed using Pulay DIIS extrapolation
 Exchange:     0.1900 Hartree-Fock + 0.3500 B88 + 0.4600 muB88 + LR-HF
 Correlation:  0.1900 VWN5 + 0.8100 LYP
 Using SG-3 standard quadrature grid
 SCF converges when DIIS error is below 1.0E-09
 Using Q-Chem read-in guess as SCF_GUESS READ specified.

ROKS singly occupied orbitals: (34,35)
 using 24 threads for integral computing
 -------------------------------------------------------
 OpenMP Integral computing Module                
 Release: version 1.0, May 2013, Q-Chem Inc. Pittsburgh 
 -------------------------------------------------------
 Building long-range K (w = 3.300e-01)
 Building long-range K (w = 3.300e-01)
Timing for roks_project_singlet(): 0.36 sec.
Timing for roks_build(): 24.64 sec.
 ---------------------------------------
  Cycle       Energy         DIIS Error
 ---------------------------------------
    1    -458.4481306440      7.87E-04
  Det[Ca.S.C0] = 0.995458
  Det[Cb.S.C0] = 0.000000
  <S1|S0>  = 0.000000
 Building long-range K (w = 3.300e-01)
 Building long-range K (w = 3.300e-01)
Timing for roks_project_singlet(): 0.35 sec.
Timing for roks_build(): 24.53 sec.
    2    -458.4540951127      5.61E-04
  Det[Ca.S.C0] = -0.994747
  Det[Cb.S.C0] = -0.000000
  <S1|S0>  = 0.000000
Cut...
   16    -458.4565336906      7.28E-09
  Det[Ca.S.C0] = 0.991229
  Det[Cb.S.C0] = -0.000000
  <S1|S0>  = -0.000000
 Building long-range K (w = 3.300e-01)
 Building long-range K (w = 3.300e-01)
Timing for roks_project_singlet(): 0.36 sec.
Timing for roks_build(): 22.57 sec.
   17    -458.4565336906      1.33E-09
  Det[Ca.S.C0] = 0.991229
  Det[Cb.S.C0] = 0.000000
  <S1|S0>  = 0.000000
 Building long-range K (w = 3.300e-01)
 Building long-range K (w = 3.300e-01)
Timing for roks_project_singlet(): 0.35 sec.
Timing for roks_build(): 22.55 sec.
   18    -458.4565336906      4.64E-10 Convergence criterion met
 ---------------------------------------
 One-Electron    Energy = -1573.1361339905
 Total Coulomb   Energy =   697.3605814107
 Alpha Exchange  Energy =    -8.2436119039
 Beta  Exchange  Energy =    -8.6091182097
 DFT   Exchange  Energy =   -42.8503335975
 DFT Correlation Energy =    -2.8316474459
 Nuclear Repu.   Energy =   479.8537300462
 Nuclear Attr.   Energy = -2028.5041096526
 Kinetic         Energy =   455.3679756621
  Det[Ca.S.C0] = -0.991229
  Det[Cb.S.C0] = 0.000000
  <S1|S0>  = -0.000000
 SCF time:  CPU 472.33 s  wall 21.89 s
 Final Alpha MO Eigenvalues
            1           2           3           4           5           6
    1 -19.2734544 -19.2734143 -10.3220316 -10.3215988 -10.3196735 -10.3196615
Cut...

 SCF   energy =  -458.45653369
 Total energy =  -458.45653369
 
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                    Orbital Energies (a.u.)
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Alpha MOs
 -- Occupied --
-19.2735 -19.2734 -10.3220 -10.3216 -10.3197 -10.3197 -10.2699 -10.2699
-10.2627 -10.2626  -1.1953  -1.1879  -0.8923  -0.8902  -0.8748  -0.7910
 -0.6922  -0.6892  -0.6511  -0.6266  -0.6206  -0.5700  -0.5394  -0.5144
 -0.5083  -0.4961  -0.4782  -0.4729  -0.4647  -0.4461  -0.4339  -0.3523
 -0.3492  -0.3237  -0.1130
 -- Virtual --
 -0.0541   0.0388   0.0553   0.0629   0.0637   0.0732   0.0777   0.0835
  0.0842   0.0844   0.0929   0.1142   0.1294   0.1479   0.1495   0.1623
  0.2005   0.2023   0.2104   0.2258   0.2260   0.2573   0.2577   0.2600
  0.2685   0.2723   0.2763   0.2854   0.2863   0.2921   0.2953   0.2982
  0.3042   0.3121   0.3237   0.3316   0.3346   0.3532   0.3641   0.3668
  0.3708   0.3798   0.3827   0.3934   0.4072   0.4408   0.4523   0.4685
  0.4821   0.5008   0.5099   0.5276   0.5292   0.5315   0.5371   0.5453
  0.5654   0.5830   0.6001   0.6133   0.6404   0.6444   0.6657   0.6662
  0.6693   0.6823   0.6954   0.7110   0.7262   0.7505   0.7602   0.7804
  0.8018   0.8122   0.8325   0.8347   0.8358   0.8537   0.8690   0.8786
  0.8789   0.8967   0.9293   0.9470   0.9657   0.9728   0.9762   0.9799
  0.9978   1.0007   1.0024   1.0134   1.0135   1.0277   1.0382   1.0746
  1.0874   1.1160   1.1176   1.1287   1.1336   1.1643   1.1707   1.1722
  1.1763   1.1988   1.2121   1.2233   1.2245   1.2291   1.2715   1.2938
  1.3385   1.3497   1.3794   1.3866   1.3916   1.4022   1.4060   1.4321
  1.4751   1.4914   1.5020   1.5197   1.5281   1.5495   1.5540   1.6323
  1.6471   1.6876   1.7542   1.7772   1.7821   1.8337   1.8812   6.6182
  6.7404   6.7732   6.8625   6.9358   7.0450   7.1038   7.1298  12.6720
 12.7114
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 
          Ground-State Mulliken Net Atomic Charges

     Atom                 Charge (a.u.)
  ----------------------------------------
      1 O                    -0.208543
      2 C                     0.093782
      3 H                     0.010405
      4 C                    -0.052669
      5 H                     0.005248
      6 C                    -0.036434
      7 H                    -0.006710
      8 C                     0.194920
      9 C                     0.194920
     10 C                    -0.036434
     11 C                    -0.052669
     12 C                     0.093782
     13 O                    -0.208543
     14 H                     0.010405
     15 H                     0.005248
     16 H                    -0.006710
  ----------------------------------------
  Sum of atomic charges =     0.000000

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                    Cartesian Multipole Moments
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    Charge (ESU x 10^10)
                 0.0000
    Dipole Moment (Debye)
         X       0.0000      Y      -0.0000      Z      -0.0000
       Tot       0.0000
    Quadrupole Moments (Debye-Ang)
        XX     -50.3173     XY      -0.4966     YY     -52.2421
        XZ      -0.0000     YZ       0.0000     ZZ     -61.3427
    Octopole Moments (Debye-Ang^2)
       XXX      -0.0000    XXY      -0.0000    XYY      -0.0000
       YYY      -0.0000    XXZ      -0.0000    XYZ       0.0000
       YYZ      -0.0000    XZZ       0.0000    YZZ       0.0000
       ZZZ      -0.0000
    Hexadecapole Moments (Debye-Ang^3)
      XXXX   -1412.0952   XXXY     -31.5156   XXYY    -271.9252
      XYYY     -12.1924   YYYY    -323.4466   XXXZ      -0.0000
      XXYZ       0.0000   XYYZ      -0.0000   YYYZ       0.0000
      XXZZ    -305.7552   XYZZ      -8.4791   YYZZ     -73.7993
      XZZZ      -0.0000   YZZZ       0.0000   ZZZZ     -64.2189
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 Mayer SCF Bond Order, atomic valence on the diagonal:

            1           2           3           4           5           6
    1   2.4861924   1.1541296   0.0024058   0.0658375   0.0094862   0.0429239
Cut
...
 DrvMan completing analytic gradient of the ROKS energy
preparing gradient for singlet ROKS state
ROKS singly occupied orbitals: (34,35)
 Gradient of SCF Energy
            1           2           3           4           5           6
    1  -0.0003683  -0.0008557   0.0001148  -0.0003070   0.0000056  -0.0008154
    2  -0.0004986  -0.0004884  -0.0001235   0.0004259  -0.0000095   0.0006027
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000   0.0000000
            7           8           9          10          11          12
    1  -0.0000783   0.0011867  -0.0011867   0.0008154   0.0003070   0.0008557
    2   0.0001629  -0.0002907   0.0002907  -0.0006027  -0.0004259   0.0004884
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000
           13          14          15          16
    1   0.0003683  -0.0001148  -0.0000056   0.0000783
    2   0.0004986   0.0001235   0.0000095  -0.0001629
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000
 Max gradient component =       1.187E-03
 RMS gradient           =       4.190E-04
SCF Gradient of mixed density
 Gradient of SCF Energy
            1           2           3           4           5           6
    1  -0.0001555  -0.0004626   0.0000683  -0.0001236   0.0000029  -0.0004220
    2  -0.0002678  -0.0002512  -0.0000491   0.0002070  -0.0000111   0.0002875
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000   0.0000000
            7           8           9          10          11          12
    1  -0.0000438   0.0005895  -0.0005895   0.0004220   0.0001236   0.0004626
    2   0.0000739  -0.0000857   0.0000857  -0.0002875  -0.0002070   0.0002512
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000
           13          14          15          16
    1   0.0001555  -0.0000683  -0.0000029   0.0000438
    2   0.0002678   0.0000491   0.0000111  -0.0000739
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000
 Max gradient component =       5.895E-04
 RMS gradient           =       2.103E-04
 Gradient of ROKS Energy
            1           2           3           4           5           6
    1   0.0000573  -0.0000694   0.0000218   0.0000599   0.0000003  -0.0000286
    2  -0.0000370  -0.0000140   0.0000253  -0.0000119  -0.0000128  -0.0000276
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000
            7           8           9          10          11          12
    1  -0.0000094  -0.0000077   0.0000077   0.0000286  -0.0000599   0.0000694
    2  -0.0000152   0.0001194  -0.0001194   0.0000276   0.0000119   0.0000140
    3   0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000  -0.0000000
           13          14          15          16
    1  -0.0000573  -0.0000218  -0.0000003   0.0000094
    2   0.0000370  -0.0000253   0.0000128   0.0000152
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000
 Max gradient component =       1.194E-04
 RMS gradient           =       3.588E-05
 Calculating MO derivatives via CPSCF
    1     0    51    0.1307063  
    2     0    51    0.3747360  
    3     0    51    0.0212839  
    4     0    51    0.0034238  
    5     0    51    0.0004933  
    6    30    21    0.0000620  
    7    50     1    0.0000056  
    8    51     0    0.0000005  Converged
 Polarizability Matrix (a.u.)
            1           2           3
    1 315.5090387  10.3493567   0.0000000
    2  10.3493567-114.3109180   0.0000000
    3   0.0000000   0.0000000 -45.1385235
 Calculating analytic Hessian of the SCF energy
 
 Direct stationary perturbation theory relativistic correction:
 
 rels  =       0.130833803553
 relv  =      -0.641921243194
 rel2e =       0.000000000000
 E_rel =      -0.511087439642
 
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 **                       VIBRATIONAL ANALYSIS                       **
 **                       --------------------                       **
 **                                                                  **
 **        VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES (CM**-1) AND NORMAL MODES         **
 **     FORCE CONSTANTS (mDYN/ANGSTROM) AND REDUCED MASSES (AMU)     **
 **                  INFRARED INTENSITIES (KM/MOL)                   **
 **                                                                  **
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 Mode:                 1                      2                      3
 Frequency:     -4895.81               -3876.69               -3786.76
 Force Cnst:     42.8488                10.7848                12.0301


 Mode:                 4                      5                      6
 Frequency:     -3111.23               -2792.16               -2768.63
 Force Cnst:     13.3995                 5.2431                 8.6168


 Mode:                 7                      8                      9
 Frequency:     -2326.15               -2110.49               -2080.41
 Force Cnst:     14.3273                 6.8215                 3.1768

 Mode:                10                     11                     12
 Frequency:     -1856.39               -1478.30                -816.95
 Force Cnst:      2.7872                10.4420                 3.7914


 Mode:                13                     14                     15
 Frequency:      -459.55                -430.90                -276.13


 Mode:                16                     17                     18
 Frequency:      -178.02                 396.26                 434.74
 Force Cnst:      0.0936                 0.6198                 0.5661


 Mode:                19                     20                     21
 Frequency:       658.50                 684.36                 708.41

 H         -0.392  0.050 -0.000   -0.101 -0.237  0.000   -0.439 -0.083 -0.000
 TransDip   0.483  0.331 -0.000   -0.000 -0.000 -0.000   -0.238 -0.420  0.000

 Mode:                22                     23                     24
 Frequency:       719.82                 791.52                 830.88

 Mode:                25                     26                     27
 Frequency:       883.30                 910.70                1007.01


 Mode:                28                     29                     30
 Frequency:      1044.30                1062.34                1076.73
 Force Cnst:      0.8825                 0.9390                 2.1177


 Mode:                31                     32                     33
 Frequency:      1259.45                1260.98                1328.24
 Force Cnst:      1.3534                 1.4787                 2.4764


 Mode:                34                     35                     36
 Frequency:      1364.29                1915.29                3081.86
 

 Mode:                37                     38                     39
 Frequency:      3084.02                3100.40                3101.96
 Force Cnst:      6.0894                 6.2065                 6.2532


 Mode:                40                     41                     42
 Frequency:      3132.69                3142.20                4579.54
 Force Cnst:      6.3952                 6.4776               123.9923
 

 STANDARD THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES AT   298.15 K  AND     1.00 ATM

   This Molecule has 16 Imaginary Frequencies
   Zero point vibrational energy:       59.413 kcal/mol

   Atom    1 Element O  Has Mass   15.99491
   Atom    2 Element C  Has Mass   12.00000
   Atom    3 Element H  Has Mass    1.00783
   Atom    4 Element C  Has Mass   12.00000
   Atom    5 Element H  Has Mass    1.00783
   Atom    6 Element C  Has Mass   12.00000
   Atom    7 Element H  Has Mass    1.00783
   Atom    8 Element C  Has Mass   12.00000
   Atom    9 Element C  Has Mass   12.00000
   Atom   10 Element C  Has Mass   12.00000
   Atom   11 Element C  Has Mass   12.00000
   Atom   12 Element C  Has Mass   12.00000
   Atom   13 Element O  Has Mass   15.99491
   Atom   14 Element H  Has Mass    1.00783
   Atom   15 Element H  Has Mass    1.00783
   Atom   16 Element H  Has Mass    1.00783
   Molecular Mass:   134.036800 amu
   Principal axes and moments of inertia in amu*Bohr^2:
                             1           2           3
    Eigenvalues --      404.21672  2018.79773  2423.01445
          X              -0.99995     0.00964     0.00000
          Y               0.00964     0.99995     0.00000
          Z               0.00000     0.00000     1.00000
   Rotational Symmetry Number is   1
   The Molecule is an Asymmetric Top
   Translational Enthalpy:        0.889 kcal/mol
   Rotational Enthalpy:           0.889 kcal/mol
   Vibrational Enthalpy:         60.343 kcal/mol
   gas constant (RT):             0.592 kcal/mol
   Translational Entropy:        40.591  cal/mol.K
   Rotational Entropy:           29.071  cal/mol.K
   Vibrational Entropy:           4.187  cal/mol.K

   Total Enthalpy:               62.713 kcal/mol
   Total Entropy:                73.849  cal/mol.K

   Quasi-RRHO corrections using alpha = 4, and omega = 100 cm^-1
   QRRHO-Vib. Enthalpy:          60.337 kcal/mol
   QRRHO-Vib. Entropy:            4.192  cal/mol.K
   QRRHO-Total Enthalpy:         62.707 kcal/mol
   QRRHO-Total Entropy:          73.854  cal/mol.K
 Total job time:  188.75s(wall), 4389.77s(cpu) 
 Wed Jul 17 19:29:23 2024

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Try setting

ideriv = 1

in your frequency job which will trigger a finite-difference Hessian calculation. Analytic Hessians are not implemented for ROKS and your output is talking about them. There was a developer ticket with a similar issue some time ago but I thought QChem attempting to do analytic Hessians had been disabled…

Doesn’t look like it’s been disabled, if I just try the last input with Q-Chem 6.2, I don’t get the usual warning about finite-difference frequencies. Someone should create a ticket…

I have also used 6.2 version of Qchem and no warning was issued. Also, the ideriv=1 option does help, so this is most likely due to the incorrect analytical hessian. I have seen today on ‘what’s new in Q-Chem 6.1’ an information that analytic gradient in ROKS was disabled. The program should then either stop with some error message or at least warn users that such calculations should not been done until correct formulas for the analytical hessian with ROKS are implemented.
My very best regards
Marcin Andrzejak

I found the ticket, it is supposed to have been disabled (as you suggest) but somehow that doesn’t happen with your job. I will post an update on that ticket and have someone look into it.

Thanks so much! It does solve this problem. So it seems that the implemented analytical gradient formulas are not suitable for the ROKS wavefunction…
Marcin

It’s not implemented, what was supposed to have been changed is an automatic switch to finite-difference frequencies, with an obvious warning about that behavior at the top of the Q-Chem output file. Obviously, that’s not happening for this job, for reasons that aren’t clear to me but I’ve added it to the ticket.

Are analytic gradients not implemented? I thought those were good and that it was the Hessian that is missing.

HESSIAN, not gradients, are not yet implemented correctly. My mistake, sorry :slight_smile: Otherwise ideriv=1 wouldn’r work, would it.