Practical aspects of free-energy calculations: a review

N Hansen, WF Van Gunsteren - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Free-energy calculations in the framework of classical molecular dynamics simulations are
nowadays used in a wide range of research areas including solvation thermodynamics …

[HTML][HTML] A fast and high-quality charge model for the next generation general AMBER force field

X He, VH Man, W Yang, TS Lee, J Wang - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The General AMBER Force Field (GAFF) has been broadly used by researchers all over the
world to perform in silico simulations and modelings on diverse scientific topics, especially in …

Quantitative predictions from molecular simulations using explicit or implicit interactions

D Van der Spoel, J Zhang… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Equilibrium simulations of molecular systems allow to extract many physicochemical
properties. Given an “accurate enough” model, a “large enough” simulation system and …

Exploring the stability of ligand binding modes to proteins by molecular dynamics simulations

K Liu, E Watanabe, H Kokubo - Journal of computer-aided molecular …, 2017 - Springer
The binding mode prediction is of great importance to structure-based drug design. The
discrimination of various binding poses of ligand generated by docking is a great challenge …

A GROMOS-compatible force field for small organic molecules in the condensed phase: The 2016H66 parameter set

BAC Horta, PT Merz, PFJ Fuchs, J Dolenc… - Journal of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This article reports on the calibration and validation of a new GROMOS-compatible
parameter set 2016H66 for small organic molecules in the condensed phase. The …

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Prediction of the Partitioning Constants (KH, Kiw, Kia) of 82 Legacy and Emerging Organic Contaminants at the Water–Air …

AC Lemay, EJ Sontarp, D Martinez… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The tendency of organic contaminants (OCs) to partition between different phases is a key
set of properties that underlie their human and ecological health impacts and the success of …

Evaluating classical force fields against experimental cross-solvation free energies

S Kashefolgheta, MP Oliveira, SR Rieder… - Journal of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Experimental solvation free energies are nowadays commonly included as target properties
in the validation and sometimes even in the calibration of condensed-phase force fields …

Systematic optimization of a fragment-based force field against experimental pure-liquid properties considering large compound families: Application to saturated …

MP Oliveira, M Andrey, SR Rieder, L Kern… - Journal of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Direct optimization against experimental condensed-phase properties concerning small
organic molecules still represents the most reliable way to calibrate the empirical …

Force field benchmark of organic liquids. 2. Gibbs energy of solvation

J Zhang, B Tuguldur… - Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Quantitative prediction of physical properties of liquids is a longstanding goal of molecular
simulation. Here, we evaluate the predictive power of the Generalized Amber Force Field …

Comparison of RESP and IPolQ-mod partial charges for solvation free energy calculations of various solute/solvent pairs

A Mecklenfeld, G Raabe - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The calculation of solvation free energies Δ G solv by molecular simulations is of great
interest as they are linked to other physical properties such as relative solubility, partition …