Analytical #Raman intensities are one of the notable new features of #ORCA 6.1 (MPI Kofo & FACCTs). Check the implementation paper by Frank Neese and Petra Pikulová.

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0314723

Manual on Raman simulations:

https://www.faccts.de/docs/orca/6.1/manual/contents/spectroscopyproperties/vibrations.html?q=RAMAN&n=0#raman-spectra

#Spectroscopy #CompChem #QuantumChem

Take a look at the article by Kataev and co-workers, in which ORCA’s GOAT algorithm is used to sample conformers of macrocycles.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202525972

Try GOAT yourself and check out our tutorial:
https://www.faccts.de/docs/orca/6.1/tutorials/prop/goat.html

#ORCA #GOAT #CompChem #QuantumChem #ConformerSampling #Macrocycles #MolecularModeling

One week of Avogadro 2.0 highlights - and we're just getting started…

Download: https://avogadro.cc/install/
Join the community: https://discuss.avogadro.cc/

Thanks to everyone who contributed to making this release happen. Open science is a team effort! Got ideas on where to go next? 🧪 ⚗️

#opensource #openscience #compchem

One week of Avogadro 2.0 highlights - and we're just getting started… Download: avogadro.cc/install/ Join the community: discuss.avogadro.cc Thanks to everyone who helped make this release happen. Open science is a team effort! Got ideas on where to go next? 🧪 ⚗️ #opensource #openscience #compchem
Avogadro 2.0 isn't just a viewer and editor — it's an extensible platform for chemistry A plugin system lets you add ML & electrostatic models, new builders and tools. Already over 20 available… Build the tools you need: avogadro.cc/develop/plug... #avogadro #openscience #compchem #opensource

Avogadro 2.0 isn't just a viewer and editor — it's an extensible platform for chemistry

A plugin system lets you add ML & electrostatic models, new builders and tools. Already over 20 available:
- semi-empirical calculations via XTB & CREST
- ML potentials
- crystal packing & surface slab generation
- add solvent, build nanotubes, and more.

Build the tools you need: https://avogadro.cc/develop/plugins
#avogadro #openscience #compchem #opensource

Sometimes you just want to see a molecule move.

Run a quick MD simulation without leaving Avogadro — no scripts, no command line, no setup. The new auto-optimize tool includes a dynamics mode. Watch your molecule move and relax in real time. Great for teaching. Great for intuition. Just fun to watch.

#openscience #compchem #opensource

Sometimes you just want to see a molecule move. Run a quick MD simulation without leaving Avogadro — no scripts, no setup. The new auto-optimize tool includes a dynamics mode. Watch it move in real time. Great for teaching. Great for intuition. Just fun to watch. #openscience #compchem #opensource
Visualize molecular orbitals and electron density easily with Avogadro 2.0. Volumetric rendering of orbitals, plus van der Waals, solvent-accessible and solvent-excluded surfaces for biomolecular work. See the chemistry, not just the atoms. #compchem #openscience #opensource

Visualize molecular orbitals and electron density easily with Avogadro 2.0.

Volumetric rendering of orbitals, plus van der Waals, solvent-accessible and solvent-excluded surfaces for biomolecular work. See the chemistry, not just the atoms.

#compchem #openscience #opensource