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How Accurate Can a Force Field Become? A Polarizable Multipole Model Combined with Fragment-wise Quantum-Mechanical Calculations

Söderhjelm, Pär LU and Ryde, Ulf LU orcid (2009) In Journal of physical chemistry. A 113(3). p.617-627
Abstract
A new method to accurately estimate the interaction energy between a large molecule and a smaller ligand

is presented. The method approximates the electrostatic and induction contributions classically by multipole

and polarizability expansions, but uses explicit quantum-mechanical fragment calculations for the remaining

(nonclassical) contributions, mainly dispersion and exchange repulsion. Thus, it represents a limit of how

accurate a force field can ever become for interaction energies if pairwise additivity of the nonclassical term

is assumed (e.g., all general-purpose force fields). The accuracy is tested by considering protein-ligand model

systems for which the true... (More)
A new method to accurately estimate the interaction energy between a large molecule and a smaller ligand

is presented. The method approximates the electrostatic and induction contributions classically by multipole

and polarizability expansions, but uses explicit quantum-mechanical fragment calculations for the remaining

(nonclassical) contributions, mainly dispersion and exchange repulsion. Thus, it represents a limit of how

accurate a force field can ever become for interaction energies if pairwise additivity of the nonclassical term

is assumed (e.g., all general-purpose force fields). The accuracy is tested by considering protein-ligand model

systems for which the true MP2/6-31G* interaction energies can be computed. The method is shown to be

more accurate than related fragmentation approaches. The remaining error (2-5 and ∼10 kJ/mol for neutral and charged ligands, respectively) can be decreased by including the polarizing effect from surrounding fragments in the quantum-mechanical calculations. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{A new method to accurately estimate the interaction energy between a large molecule and a smaller ligand <br/><br>
is presented. The method approximates the electrostatic and induction contributions classically by multipole <br/><br>
and polarizability expansions, but uses explicit quantum-mechanical fragment calculations for the remaining <br/><br>
(nonclassical) contributions, mainly dispersion and exchange repulsion. Thus, it represents a limit of how <br/><br>
accurate a force field can ever become for interaction energies if pairwise additivity of the nonclassical term <br/><br>
is assumed (e.g., all general-purpose force fields). The accuracy is tested by considering protein-ligand model <br/><br>
systems for which the true MP2/6-31G* interaction energies can be computed. The method is shown to be <br/><br>
more accurate than related fragmentation approaches. The remaining error (2-5 and ∼10 kJ/mol for neutral and charged ligands, respectively) can be decreased by including the polarizing effect from surrounding fragments in the quantum-mechanical calculations.}},
  author       = {{Söderhjelm, Pär and Ryde, Ulf}},
  issn         = {{1520-5215}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{617--627}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Journal of physical chemistry. A}},
  title        = {{How Accurate Can a Force Field Become? A Polarizable Multipole Model Combined with Fragment-wise Quantum-Mechanical Calculations}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/136745166/118_pmisp1.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jp8073514}},
  volume       = {{113}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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