Robust and efficient implicit solvation model for fast semiempirical methods

S Ehlert, M Stahn, S Spicher… - … Theory and Computation, 2021 - ACS Publications
… For hydration free energies of small molecules, GFN1-xTB(… explicitly solvated approaches,
with a mean absolute … with a mean absolute deviation of about 0.65 using GFN2-xTB(ALPB) …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate determination of solvation free energies of neutral organic compounds from first principles

L Pereyaslavets, G Kamath, O Butin, A Illarionov… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
… We compute the free energies of solvation for a diverse set of … absolute errors (MAE) of
hydration, cyclohexane solvation, … 6, and Supplementary methods (Comparison to Implicit solvent …

Efficient quantum chemical calculation of structure ensembles and free energies for nonrigid molecules

S Grimme, F Bohle, A Hansen, P Pracht… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
… correction from energy to free energy at absolute temperature … benchmarks comprised
of smaller molecules. Of particular … be combined with available implicit solvation models (see …

Prediction of solvation free energies of ionic solutes in neutral solvents

LC Kröger, S Müller, I Smirnova… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… not modeled explicitly, but it may be fitted implicitly into the … results for the calculation of
solvation free energies of ions … Nonetheless, the more important absolute deviations in this …

Hydration free energies of polypeptides from popular implicit solvent models versus all-atom simulation results based on molecular quasichemical theory

RS Adhikari, AV Parambathu… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
molecular quasi-chemical theory (QCT)─an approach that enables calculation of the hydration
free energy of … same resolution as is possible for small molecular solutes. The theory also …

[HTML][HTML] Improved prediction of solvation free energies by machine-learning polarizable continuum solvation model

A Alibakhshi, B Hartke - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
solvation free energy can be generally divided into two main categories, namely explicit solvent
and implicit … for the same dataset and solvation free energy computations at B3LYP/6–31 …

Advances in the calculation of binding free energies

A de Ruiter, C Oostenbrink - Current opinion in structural biology, 2020 - Elsevier
… showed a direct comparison of absolute binding free energy calculations and MM/PBSA …
Implicit Ligand Theory (ILT) uses an MD-generated ensemble of snapshots of the protein for …

Meta-analysis reveals that absolute binding free-energy calculations approach chemical accuracy

H Fu, Y Zhou, X Jing, X Shao, W Cai - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
… calculate absolute protein–ligand binding free energies remains … We also reveal the
importance of always using the latest … to an implicit solvent model in absolute binding free-energy

Ion solvation free energy calculation based on Ab initio molecular dynamics using a hybrid solvent model

C Xi, F Zheng, G Gao, Z Song, B Zhang… - … and Computation, 2022 - ACS Publications
Free energy calculation of small molecules or ion species in … can use an implicit solvent
model to calculate the free energy … at single-ion absolute hydration free energies since real bulk …

Efficient quantum-chemical calculations of acid dissociation constants from free-energy relationships

P Pracht, S Grimme - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2021 - ACS Publications
… T (S) is the implicit solvation free energy for the solvent S, including … The thermal populations
p i at absolute temperature T are … deprotonation sites, using a set of 171 small molecules. A …