Issue 2, 1999

The critical role of force-fields in property prediction

Abstract

The present investigation discusses the treatment of non-bonded interactions in various force-fields and the physical significance of these interactions, with special attention given to the electrostatic interactions. Although molecular geometries are generally well reproduced, calculations of conformational energy differences and interaction energies vary significantly from one force-field to another. As a test for the reliability of the non-bonded interactions, vapor liquid equilibrium (VLE) data have been calculated for a small number of systems using three different force-fields. The force-fields used give results that differ widely, illustrating that the choice of force-field can be critical for predicting properties in a reliable way.

Le rôle critique des champs de force dans la pre′diction de proprie′te′s. Le traitement des interactions non-lie′es dans diffe′rents champs de force a e′te′ effectue′ et la signification physique de ces interactions est ici de′veloppe′e; une attention particulière est donne′e aux interactions e′lectrostatiques. Bien que les ge′ome′tries mole′culaires sont ge′ne′ralement bien reproduites, les calculs des diffe′rences d'e′nergies conformationelles et d'interaction des e′nergies varient d'une manière significative d'un champ de force à un autre. Pour mesurer l'efficacite′ des interactions non-lie′es, des donne′es d'e′quilibre vapeur-liquide (VLE) ont e′te′ calcule′es pour un petit nombre de systèmes utilisant trois champs de force diffe′rents. Les re′sultats diffe′rent sensiblement, montrant que le choix d'un champ de force peut être critique pour pre′dine les proprie′te′s d'une façon fiable.

Article information

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New J. Chem., 1999,23, 153-164

The critical role of force-fields in property prediction

S. Ósk Jónsdóttir, W. J. Welsh, K. Rasmussen and R. A. Klein, New J. Chem., 1999, 23, 153 DOI: 10.1039/A805546G

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