Partial charges outside of the atoms center


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Simply change the geometry to what you want after the MP2 gradient calculation. Don't know what the results mean, but you can do it. See below for a couple of options.

Bert


start nw

geometry
F      0.0   0.0   0.0883587
H 0.0 0.0 -0.8331587
end

basis spherical
* library aug-cc-pvtz
end

esp
recalculate 
probe 0.07
range 0.3
factor 1
spacing 0.02
end

mp2
tight 
freeze atomic
end

task MP2 gradient
set "esp:input vectors" nw.mp2nos

geometry
F      0.0   0.0   0.0883587
H 0.0 0.0 -0.5000000
end

task esp


geometry
F      0.0   0.0   0.0883587
H 0.0 0.0 -0.8331587
X 0.0 0.0 -0.5000000
end

task esp



Quote:P99 Sep 26th 3:10 pm
Quote:Bert Sep 24th 4:27 pm
If I understand you correctly, what you are trying to do is to calculate the potential on a grid as a result of the (in the example) HF molecule and then find the partial charges at different points away from the atom centers, that still mimics the potential on that grid (which is the purpose of the ESP fitting code).

Yes


Quote:Bert
I can see what youw ant to do used in for example replacing multiple atoms, each with partial charges, with one to do coarse-graining in MD.

No. No replacement.
I just want to change the position of the second point (H) during partial charges fitting.