[gmx-users] Charge Correction using HF method

[Justin Lemkul]

On 12/16/16 2:54 AM, tasneem kausar wrote:
> Dear
> Justin Sir
>
> I am doing protein and drug MD simulation. I have generated the itp file of
> drug from PRODRG. I have calculated the charge on the atom using HF/6- 31G*
> basis set from orca3.0. Is this a right protocol to use it in GROMACS for
> the charge correction.
>

The GROMOS force field doesn't take charges directly from QM.  As I have been 
told, an initial DFT calculation is performed to obtain the ESP of the molecule 
and initial charge densities, then partial charges are empirically assigned to 
match the ESP.

-Justin

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