On Mon, Aug 06, 2007, Karen Callahan wrote:
>
> In the Leap input file we specify hybridizations for
> atom types such as sp2 or sp3. I would like to know,
> in the case of a resonant structure, such as ozone or
> sulfate, how the atom-type's hybridization is
> determined.
Amber "Hybridization" is fixed for a given atom type, and is not dependent
on what sort of molecule the atom is embedded in.
> Additionally, how is hybridization
> determined for spherical ions which are not involved
> in covalent bonds?
Hybridization is irrelvant if there are no covalent bonds. I don't think it
matters what value is used.
>
> what does naming a hybridization in the Leap input actually do?
Very little. It triggers some warnings, and that is about it.
....dac
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