AMBER Archive (2000)

Subject: Amber5 RESP (fwd)

From: Simon Cross (pcxsc_at_nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2000 - 07:55:10 CST


Hello, I'm trying to parameterise partial charges for a phosphonate for
use in Amber5. I have used Gaussian98 to calculate the dihedral torsion
barriers for 3 crucial bonds and also have a globally optimised
structure. These have been optimised using #HF/3-21G* within
Gaussian98. For parameterisation of the charges within Gaussian however,
the Amber web page seems to use HF 6-31G*, but the readme file within the
software seems to imply using the mp2 6-31G* basis set to get the ESP
charges. Can anyone tell me which is correct to use?

Cheers,

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Simon Cross
School of Chemistry
University of Nottingham
tel. 0115 9514193
Email: pcxsc_at_nottingham.ac.uk