GROMOS polarisable model for acetone. (18th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rusu, Victor H.; Bachmann, Stephan; van Gunsteren, Wilfred F.
• Is Part Of: Molecular physics. Volume 114:Number 6(2016)
• Page Start: 845
• Page End: 854
• Publication Date: 2016-03-18
• Subjects: Acetone -- GROMOS -- polarisable force field -- polarisation; Molecules -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Periodicals; Molécules -- Périodiques; Chimie physique et théorique -- Périodiques; 539.6.05
• DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1126366
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0026-8976

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A polarisable model for acetone, COS/A, is proposed that is based on the charge-on-spring (COS) polarisation model and is compatible with the polarisable COS/D2 and COS/G2 models for liquid water. A series of acetone-water mixtures at different acetone mole fractions was simulated using the new model in conjunction with the mentioned polarisable and the non-polarisable SPC and SPC/E water models. The model was parameterised to reproduce the following liquid acetone properties: density, heat of vaporisation, surface tension, dielectric permittivity, self diffusion and heat capacity and subsequently tested in mixtures with water using different water models. For pure liquid acetone the polarisable COS/A model agrees better with experimental data than the non-polarisable Kirkwood-Buff derived force field (KBFF) model, which was parameterised using experimental data for a 0.5 mole fraction acetone-water mixture. For such mixtures the polarisable models yield better agreement with experiment than the non-polarisable models for the heat of vaporisation and dielectric permittivity, while worse agreement for diffusion. The computational cost of simulating the polarisable acetone-water mixtures is a factor of 3 to 4 higher compared with the non-polarisable models due to the increased number of interaction sites and the multiple iterations required to evaluate self-consistently the positions of the COS sites at every simulation step. The COS/A acetone model can be used in biomolecular simulations in conjunction with the mentioned polarisable water models to solvate biomolecules. Abstract :