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Chem3D Users Manual - CambridgeSoft

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Semiempirical: The time required for<br />

computation increases as N 3 or N 2 , where N is<br />

the number of atoms in the model.<br />

MM2: The time required for performing<br />

computations increases as N 2 , where N is the<br />

number of atoms.<br />

In general, molecular mechanical methods are<br />

computationally less expensive than quantum<br />

mechanical methods. The suitability of each<br />

general method for particular applications can<br />

be summarized as follows.<br />

Molecular Mechanics Methods<br />

Applications Summary<br />

Molecular mechanics in <strong>Chem3D</strong> apply to:<br />

• Systems containing thousands of atoms.<br />

• Organic, oligonucleotides, peptides, and<br />

saccharides.<br />

• Gas phase only (for MM2).<br />

Useful techniques available using MM2 methods<br />

include:<br />

• Energy Minimization for locating stable<br />

conformations.<br />

• Single point energy calculations for comparing<br />

conformations of the same molecule.<br />

• Searching conformational space by varying a<br />

single dihedral angle.<br />

• Studying molecular motion using Molecular<br />

Dynamics.<br />

Quantum Mechanical Methods<br />

Applications Summary<br />

Useful information determined by quantum<br />

mechanical methods includes:<br />

• Molecular orbital energies and coefficients.<br />

• Heat of Formation for evaluating<br />

conformational energies.<br />

• Partial atomic charges calculated from the<br />

molecular orbital coefficients.<br />

• Electrostatic potential.<br />

• Dipole moment.<br />

• Transition-state geometries and energies.<br />

• Bond dissociation energies.<br />

The semiempirical methods available in <strong>Chem3D</strong><br />

and CS MOPAC apply to:<br />

• Systems containing up to 120 heavy atoms and<br />

300 total atoms.<br />

• Organic, organometallics, and small oligomers<br />

(peptide, nucleotide, saccharide).<br />

• Gas phase or implicit solvent environment.<br />

• Ground, transition, and excited states.<br />

Ab initio methods, available through the Gaussian<br />

interface, apply to:<br />

• Systems containing up to 150 atoms.<br />

• Organic, organometallics, and molecular<br />

fragments (catalytic components of an<br />

enzyme).<br />

• Gas or implicit solvent environment.<br />

• Study ground, transition, and excited states<br />

(certain methods).<br />

The following table summarizes the method types:<br />

ChemOffice 2005/<strong>Chem3D</strong> Computation Concepts • 131<br />

Computational Methods Overview

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