Structure Beakdown duing QM/MM calculation

I am working on aggreagte of small organic molecule and have generated force field parameters using AMBER. However, when I perform a standalone QM/MM calculation using the Janus model in Q-Chem, the molecular structure breaks during the optimization of qm molecule and new bonds are formed that do not exist in the original molecule.

Has anyone encountered a similar issue or can suggest what I might be missing? I would appreciate any advice regarding possible problems with the force field conversion, topology definition, atom typing, bonded parameters, or the Janus setup in Q-Chem.

Thank you for your help.

AMBER has a built-in QM/MM interface that works with Q-Chem and I strongly suggest that you use that rather than the “internal” QM/MM interface in Q-Chem, which mostly exists because it is used by the Q-Chem/CHARMM interface.

For instructions on using Q-Chem with AMBER, see here: