On 6 July 2012 19:46, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
> > Is there an torsion angle energy minimizer in open babel?
>
> Not per-se. There are multiple general force fields with minimizers, and
> you could set up constraints to just minimize torsions and not anything
> else.
>
>
Interesting.
So, in a nuts
I am reading molecules from a non-conventional format and I was wondering if
someone could tell me if
open-babel perhaps already supports it.
The format is:
t # methane (name of molecule or any other information you want to put such
as number of atoms/bonds..etc)
v 0 C
v 1 C
v 2 C
u 0 1 1
u 0
If I make a file foo.smi with just this in it:
[N-]=[N+]=c1c(=O)ccc2=c1c(=O)c1c1c2=O
And then make and use an index file:
~/openbabel/bin/obabel foo.smi -ofs
~/openbabel/bin/obabel foo.fs -ocan -sfoo.smi -at5 -aa --title ""
I find that the structure is only 0.7 similar to itself.
I thoug