Convergence issue with smear tag


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A way converge this is case is to first converge the closed-shell molecule with a plus one charge,
then use this orbitals for the neutral doublet.
A word of caution: the basis set you have chosen exhibits linear dependence.


charge +1
dft
 xc pbe0
 iterations 999
 vectors input atomic output Cu23_plus.movecs
 convergence lshift 0.2
end
set quickguess t
task dft 

charge 0
dft
 mult 2
 vectors input  Cu23_plus.movecs output Cu23_neutral.movecs
 end
task dft optimize