title: Revised Charge Equilibration Parameters for More Accurate Hydration Free Energies of Alkanes.
abstract: We present a refined alkane charge equilibration (CHEQ) force field, improving our previously reported CHEQ alkane force field[1] to better reproduce experimental hydration free energies. Experimental hydration free energies of ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, and heptane are reproduced to within 3.6% on average. We demonstrate that explicit polarization results in a shift in molecular dipole moment for water molecules associated with the alkane molecule. We also show that our new parameters do not have a significant effect on the alkane-water interactions as measured by the radial distribution function (RDF).
authors.affiliation: 238 Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel