AB INITIO CALCULATION OF SOLVATION ENERGIES

Wehavedevelopedanalgorithmforcarryingoutquantumchemical 介电介质中的计算。我们的电子结构程序 PSGVB首先使用ESP计算静电点电荷 拟合法。然后将这些费用传递给Delphi，Delphi 通过求解泊松-玻尔兹曼方程确定反应场 方程式。反作用场表示为点电荷。 电介质边界。这些将传递给PSGVB，后者现在可以解决 量子化学方程式中的点电荷。这 迭代该过程，直到达到自一致性。我们已经展示了 如果使用精确的气相量子化学方法(GVB plus 好的基组就足够了)溶剂化能精确到 对于29个分子的测试组，可以计算出约0.6千卡/摩尔。近期 工作包括开发一种分析梯度方法，使用 一种新的有限元Poisson-Boltzmann求解器及其改进 连续体方法通过包含校正的精度 短程氢键项。

Wehavedevelopedanalgorithmforcarryingoutquantumchemical calculations in a dielectric medium. Our electronic structure program PSGVB first calculates electrostatic point charges using an ESP fitting method. These charges are then passed to DELPHI which determines the reaction filed by solving the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. The reaction field is represented as point charges on the dielectric boundary. These are passed to PSGVB which now solves quantum chemical equations in the field of the point charges. This process is iterated until self-consistency is reached. We have shown that if one uses accurate gas phase quantum chemical methods (GVB plus a good basis set is sufficient) solvation energies accurate to ~0.6kcal/mole can be computed for a test set of 29 molecules. Recent work includes development of an analytical gradient method using a novel finite element Poisson-Boltzmann solver and improvement of the accuracy of the continuum method via inclusion of corrections for short-range hydrogen bonding terms.