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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Quantum Chemical Microsolvation by Automated Water Placement.

Miguel Steiner, Tanja Holzknecht, Michael Schauperl, Maren Podewitz

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Best-Practice DFT Protocols for Basic Molecular Computational Chemistry.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2022
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4 authors.

Miguel SteinerInstitute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-7634-7268
Tanja HolzknechtInstitute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5552-7641
Michael SchauperlInstitute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5648-8170
Maren PodewitzInstitute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-7256-1219

Funding

Austrian Science Fund M-2005Austrian Science Fund P-33528Austrian Science Fund FWF M 2005Austrian Science Fund FWF P 33528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed a quantitative approach to quantum chemical microsolvation. Key in our methodology is the automatic placement of individual solvent molecules based on the free energy solvation thermodynamics derived from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and grid inhomogeneous solvation theory (GIST). This protocol enabled us to rigorously define the number, position, and orientation of individual solvent molecules and to determine their interaction with the solute based on physical quantities. The generated solute-solvent clusters served as an input for subsequent quantum chemical investigations. We showcased the applicability, scope, and limitations of this computational approach for a number of small molecules, including urea, 2-aminobenzothiazole, (+)-

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bulk phasedensity functional theorygrid inhomogeneous solvation theoryimplicit-explicit salvationmicrosolvationmolecular dynamics

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PMID33806731
PMCPMC8005176

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