[gmx-users] adding a negative two charged ion

[Justin A. Lemkul]

CandyCandy wrote:
> Dear gromacs users,
> 
> I am using genion command to add a negative two charged ion:
> 
> genion -s water.tpr -o watern.gro -nq 2 -nname O- -nn 1 -g watern.log.
> 

Well, "-nq 2" will set a charge of +2, not -2.

> It does not work. It shows:
> 
> Fatal error: No such moleculetype O
> 
> Could anybody give me some idea about making a -2 charged ion? Thank you so
> much!
> 

Probably because such a species does not exist within the force field you're
trying to use.  Check out ions.itp for existing ion types.  If you have to
create a new species, you have the very difficult task of parameterization ahead
of you:

http://oldwiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Parameterization

-Justin

> Best regards,
> 
> Candy 
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Justin A. Lemkul
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ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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