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¹Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 150 Zabolotny street, Kyiv 03143, Ukraine.

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Area of Science:

Computational chemistry
Molecular modeling
Drug discovery

Background:

Accurate atomic charges are crucial for molecular mechanical force fields.
Existing methods may be computationally expensive or less accurate.
The Kirchhoff charge model offers an alternative approach.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and validate the Kirchhoff charge model for generating atomic charges.
To assess the model's efficiency, accuracy, and transferability.
To demonstrate its application in virtual screening.

Main Methods:

Utilized electronegativity relaxation for a computationally fast algorithm.
Fitted model parameters (orbital electronegativities and hardnesses) to ab initio calculations.
Validated parameters on a diverse training set of organic molecules.
Tested transferability and accuracy on an external dataset.

Main Results:

The Kirchhoff charge model provides inexpensive and electrostatically reasonable atomic charges.
Derived parameters accurately reproduced reference dipole and quadrupole moments.
Demonstrated good transferability and accuracy on test sets.
Compared favorably to other existing charge models.

Conclusions:

The Kirchhoff charge model is a viable and efficient method for generating atomic charges.
Its accuracy and transferability make it suitable for molecular mechanical force fields.
Implementation in virtual screening engines is feasible and beneficial.