Cannot use Pualy's natural coordiantes to optimize geometry

When I run the input file below, after some steps on the screen (I set -o as stdout), the program stopped, and the final information is
“Auxiliary bonds not added, as considered contrary to natural internals.
Forming natural internal coordinate combinations (Pulay 1992).
Starting with 133 simple coordinates.”

My input file:

set basis 6-31g

molecule nma2wat {
0 1
O 6.49793700 -0.08880400 -0.02485200
H 7.03312300 -0.12156100 0.75928100
H 7.01972100 -0.16218900 -0.81524600
C 2.69791700 -0.50335700 0.01749600
C 3.20240500 -1.91933600 0.05469700
N 3.61007100 0.47038000 -0.01652200
H 2.82629000 -2.40313500 0.94683000
H 2.80503900 -2.45649800 -0.79666300
H 4.28035600 -1.97838000 0.04366200
O 1.47824400 -0.26728900 0.01974700
C 3.23284900 1.87259400 -0.05277900
H 4.58275500 0.24254800 -0.01809600
H 2.65608000 2.09869100 -0.93965800
H 2.64058900 2.13849800 0.81225400
H 4.13393100 2.46721800 -0.05874000
N -1.28564400 0.55844000 -0.07058600
C -1.59670300 1.95338700 -0.34379100
C -2.22555800 -0.35938400 0.10690700
H -0.32344100 0.28760300 -0.02995200
H -2.22806800 2.37366300 0.42453500
H -2.11033900 2.06155200 -1.28982500
H -0.66756600 2.50153000 -0.38264000
C -1.78410100 -1.76679100 0.39016100
O -3.44763800 -0.08173900 0.05646600
H -2.03291000 -2.00920800 1.41661800
H -2.34116900 -2.44626300 -0.23929300
H -0.72372900 -1.89838400 0.24207700
H -4.44634100 1.50070900 0.11237800
O -4.95486900 2.29960400 0.26621000
H -5.63192400 2.15540000 0.91495400
H -4.64829100 -1.51227400 -0.13215200
O -5.13922900 -2.30578200 -0.35692600
H -5.73151900 -2.15185200 -1.08188300

}

set{
G_CONVERGENCE GAU
OPT_COORDINATES NATURAL
GEOM_MAXITER 1000
ADD_AUXILIARY_BONDS TRUE
}
energy = optimize(‘hf’)
scf_e, scf_wfn = freq(‘hf’, return_wfn=True, dertype=1)

Is there anything wrong with my input?
Thank you.

There is probably nothing wrong with your input. Pulay’s natural internal coordinates were never completely implemented (with all the ring formulas, etc.), and probably no one has tested them in a long time. Happily, there is no particular reason to use them, as redundant coordinates are easy to define and equally effective.

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