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Chem3D Users Manual - CambridgeSoft

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Administrator<br />

• Second Positioned atom—Positioned in<br />

terms of the Origin atom and the First<br />

Positioned atom. There are two possible ways<br />

to position the Second Positioned atom, as<br />

described in the following example.<br />

In the left example, atom D is positioned in terms<br />

of a dihedral angle, thus the second angle is the<br />

dihedral angle described by A-B-C-D. This dihedral<br />

angle is the angle between the two planes defined by<br />

D-C-B and A-B-C.<br />

In the right example, if you view down the C-B<br />

bond, then the dihedral angle appears as the angle<br />

formed by D-C-A. A clockwise rotation from atom<br />

D to atom A when C is in front of B indicates a<br />

positive dihedral angle.<br />

In the left example, the Second Positioned atom is<br />

a specified distance from the First Positioned atom.<br />

In addition, the placement of the Second<br />

Positioned atom is specified by the angle between<br />

the Origin atom, the First Positioned atom, and the<br />

Second Positioned atom.<br />

In the right example, the Second Positioned atom is<br />

a specified distance from the Origin atom. In<br />

addition, the placement of the Second Positioned<br />

atom is specified by the angle between the First<br />

Positioned atom, the Origin atom, and the Second<br />

Positioned atom.<br />

Atoms Positioned by Three<br />

Other Atoms<br />

In the following set of illustrations, each atom D is<br />

positioned relative to three previously positioned<br />

atoms C, B, and A. Three measurements are needed<br />

to position D: a distance, and two angles.<br />

Atom C is the Distance-Defining atom; D is placed<br />

a specified distance from C. Atom B is the First<br />

Angle-Defining atom; D, C, and B describe an<br />

angle.<br />

Atom A is the Second Angle-Defining atom. It is<br />

used to position D in one of two ways:<br />

• By a dihedral angle A-B-C-D<br />

• By a second angle A-C-D.<br />

When D is positioned using two angles, there are<br />

two possible positions in space about C for D to<br />

occupy: a Pro-R position and a Pro-S position.<br />

NOTE: The terms Pro-R and Pro-S used in <strong>Chem3D</strong> to<br />

position atoms bear no relation to the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog<br />

R/S specification of the absolute stereochemical configuration<br />

of a chiral atom. Pro-R and Pro-S refer only to the<br />

positioning of D and do not imply any stereochemistry for C.<br />

C may be chiral, or achiral.<br />

The most convenient way to visualize how the<br />

Pro-R/Pro-S terms are used in <strong>Chem3D</strong> to<br />

position D is described in the following examples:<br />

102•Manipulating Models<br />

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Changing the Z-matrix

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