Hi,

I am trying to make a *.dat file manually and I calculated force constant with gaussian. In gaussian force const. units are:mdyne/A  but in *.dat files it is: kcal/molA^2   after that I found on the internet  1 mdyne/A = 143.836 kcal/molA^2 , but when I converted my results with this equation I got some error. So, I researched literature and I found this article: https://sites.smu.edu/dedman/catco/publications/pdf/JMolModel_6_396_2000.pdf

In this article, table 1, for CH4 bond force constant is (approximately) :5,4 mdyne/A  = 776 according to the equation but when I looked the gaff2.dat I found that :c3-h1 force constant is: 375.92 which is almost twice of literature.

and my quesition is: What is the cause of this error and how can I fix it?

Thank you

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