[gmx-users] nitrogen itp file with virtual site

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/16/17 9:20 PM, Ali Ahmed wrote:
> Hello GROMACS users,
> This is Ali, I'm new to Gromacs and doing MD simulation of nitrogen at
> super critical point.The structure I use is different from regular nitrogen
> (N-N). As you know N atom has a negative charge which means the nitrogen
> molecule will be negatively charged, therefore I need to use massless and

This is incorrect - N2 carries no formal charge.

> charged virtual site to equilibrate the molecule. I have looked on the
> tutorial about CO2 to produce the XXX.itp but didnot work with me. Could
> anyone have done it before tell me how to do it ?
> 

You don't need virtual sites for a diatomic molecule.

-Justin

> Here are the parameters:
> N :mass =14.0067, epsilon =(0.3026 KJ/mol), sigma =(0.332 nm), Charge
> =(-0.482 e).
> 
> XX (massless, charged particle ):mass =0, epsilon=0, sigma=0 Charge= 0.964
> e.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 

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