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#1 Re: Multiwfn and wavefunction analysis » ESP area around selected point and maximum not equal » 2023-07-19 09:32:43

Hi, thank you, that was exactly what I was looking for.

By the way, have you though about incorporating surface calculation as described in Fig. 1 by Kolar, et al. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CP02621G)? I would solve problems you described in section 4.12.10 (at least for sigma holes).

MJ

#2 Re: Multiwfn and wavefunction analysis » ESP area around selected point and maximum not equal » 2023-07-18 20:14:47

So, I checked the ESP surface and it seems it really is almost entirely positive near the Cl atom. I was wondering how exactly is the algorithm of calculation implemeted. If I use option 14, is there any limit to where does it consider the surface to correspond to the maximum? It appears for area corresponding to atom (as using option 11) there is a limit?

MJ

#3 Re: Multiwfn and wavefunction analysis » ESP area around selected point and maximum not equal » 2023-07-18 14:20:23

Hi again,
I tried option 14 and in general it worked well. However, in some cases, e.g. with another substituent present on the aromatic core, the positive area calculated by option 14 was huge, e.g. area around atom (option 11) is 20.46 and area around the maximum is 109.18. Any idea what could be the issue and how to approach it? Thank you for the help.

MJ

#4 Re: Multiwfn and wavefunction analysis » ESP area around selected point and maximum not equal » 2023-07-11 23:00:30

Dear Tian,

Thank you very much for the reply.

As the difference is not that big, I assumed there might be an algorithm difference, still, visual check of the ESP colored vdw surface is a good idea.

Based on what you wrote, if I wanted to get the positive area of the sigma hole, option 14 should be more precise then?

Thank you

#5 Multiwfn and wavefunction analysis » ESP area around selected point and maximum not equal » 2023-07-11 10:00:50

martinj
Replies: 8

Hi,
I noticed that when I do quantitative analysis of the molecular surface (option 12), the calculated area of positive ESP for selected atom is not equal to the area, when calculated around specific point (the point being maximum of ESP around the same atom).

E.g. for a Cl atom in my molecule, the positive ESP area calculated by option 11 is 2.00629A^2, but the area calculated by option 14 for the maximum of Cl atom, defined as >0 (last input using option 14), is only 1.726A^2.

Could you assist me with this? Which value should be taken?

Thank you.

Martin

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