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What is HyperChem? |
HyperChem is a sophisticated molecular modeling environment that is known for its quality, flexibility, and ease of use. Uniting 3D visualization and animation with quantum chemical calculations, molecular mechanics, and dynamics, HyperChem puts more molecular modeling tools at your fingertips than any other Windows program.
Our newest version, HyperChem Release 7.5, is a full 32-bit application, developed for the Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000 and XP operating systems. HyperChem Release 7.5 incorporates even more powerful computational chemistry tools than ever before, as well as newly incorporated modules, additional basis sets, new drawing capabilities and more.
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What's New in HyperChem Release 7.5? |
Density Functional Package
Density
Functional Theory (DFT) has been added as a
basic computational engine to complement
Molecular Mechanics, Semi-Empirical Quantum
Mechanics and Ab
Initio Quantum Mechanics.
This new computational method comes
with full capabilities including first and
second derivatives so that all the
capabilities of other earlier engines are
also available with DFT.
These include geometry optimization,
infrared and optical spectra, molecular
dynamics, Monte Carlo, etc.
A full complement of exchange and correlation functions is available, including eight exchange functionals and eight correlation functionals that can be combined in any fashion. Also included are four combination or hybrid functions, such as the popular B3-LYP or Becke-97 methods. A choice of various integration grids, controlling the methods accuracy, is available to the user.
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Charmm
Protein Simulations
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Bio+ force field in HyperChem represents a
version of the Chemistry at HARvard using
Molecular Mechanics (Charmm) force field.
Release 7.5
of HyperChem updates this
force field with new functional terms and
new parameters to represent the latest
science from the Charmm community. The new parameter sets for Charmm-19 represent new parameters for the bio+ force field of earlier versions of HyperChem, but parameter sets Charmm-22 and beyond represent a newer force field implemented in HyperChem 7.5 that includes a Urey-Bradley term describing interactions between the two terminal atoms of a 3-atom bond angle. |
Typed
Neglect of Differential Overlap (TNDO)
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The Typed Neglect of Differential Overlap method is a new semi-empirical method that merges ideas from molecular mechanics and semi-empirical quantum mechanics. It is designed as a generic semi-empirical method capable of high accuracy when combined with the appropriate parameters. It uses the molecular mechanics idea of atom typing to describe the chemical environment of an atom in a molecule with different types being given different parameters. This is the key idea that gives molecular mechanics its validity and accuracy in the absence of any quantum mechanical capability. TNDO combines atom typing a basic quantum mechanical method and allows a rapid semi-empirical method to offer reliable results. The deficiency is the need to develop parameter sets for different types (different classes of molecules) as in molecular mechanics. HyperChem 7.5 includes on a first step in this parameter generation but considerable research effort on the part of Hypercube, Inc., HyperChem users, and the general research community is needed to have parameter sets that cover a wide range of chemical situations. Hypercubes web site will collect these parameter sets. |
Molecules
in Magnetic Fields
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the structure and reactivity of molecular
systems in a uniform magnetic field.
HyperChem 6 added an optional
external electric field to the workspace and
HyperChem 7.5
adds an optional external
magnetic field.
The effect of magnetic fields is
relatively unknown but this feature allows
interactive exploration of how magnetic
fields affect chemical behavior.
Two terms in the Hamiltonian are included. The first is the interaction of the magnetic field with the orbital angular momentum of electrons and the second is the Zeeman interaction of the magnetic field with the electrons spin. This later term is only present with open-shell systems or calculations that use the Unrestricted Hartree-Fock calculations. |
Optimization
of the Geometry of Excited States
| A new optimization method, Conjugate Directions, has been added. This method allows geometry optimization using only energies without the necessity of computing gradients (first derivatives). This opens up the possibility of optimizing structures for a number of new situations. In particular, any state of a Configuration Interaction calculation can be optimized. These include excited states for the first time. |
Optimization
of MP2 Correlated Geometries
| A relatively accurate and relatively simple way of including electron correlation in ab initio calculations is Moller-Plesset second-order perturbation theory (MP2). Previously, HyperChem users could calculate MP2 energies only but now, using the Conjugate Directions optimizer mentioned above, they can calculate the optimized geometry of a structure using MP2 theory. |
New
Rendering of Aromatic Rings
| While HyperChem is fundamentally a molecular modeling program, not a drawing program, it is convenient to have available the ability to easily create annotations of molecular structures and drawings that one can use in presentations. A principal deficiency in this regard has been the lack of a pretty picture of aromatic rings since HyperChem represents these with dotted lines, as is convenient for most situations where one is fundamentally interested in modeling not drawing. With HyperChem 7.5, it is now possible to represent aromatic rings as a more conventional ring with a circle in the middle of it, rather than a ring with dotted bonds. |
Drawing
Program
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In the evolution of adding convenient drawing capabilities, as just mentioned, HyperChem 6 added the concept of annotations where text (essentially) could be add to the workspace to annotate chemical structures. These text annotations could include many symbols (such as arrows) using various fonts. With HyperChem 7.5 this drawing capability is extended to lines, ellipses (circles), and rectangles (squares). These elements can be colored, filled or unfilled, dotted, etc. They are included in the latest HIN file standard so that HyperChem can be used as a simple drawing program. |
Interactive
Examination and Manipulation of Parameters
| Molecular mechanics and semi-empirical methods use a large variety of parameters. In particular, the new TNDO method lends itself to a variety of parameter sets for a variety of different chemical computations. It has always been possible to edit the text-based parameter files and re-compile them. With HyperChem 7.5, it is possible to see parameters on-screen associated with selected atoms, bonds, torsions, etc. These can then be immediately edited if desired. In addition, it is possible, interactively, to copy whole parameter sets making it feasible to interactively explore different parameters sets in an easy fashion. |
Enhanced
Polymer Builder
| The polymer builder has been enhanced to create branched polymers as well as linear polymers. As TAIL is attached to HEAD, it is possible to specify random attachment to either the new HEAD or an old HEAD, creating a branch in the polymer. In addition to explicitly specifying torsion angles for the HEAD to TAIL join, it is now possible to specify torsion angles for the internal backbone of the monomer; specifically, one can have these monomer backbone angles chosen randomly or as originally specified in describing the monomer. |
New
Basis Sets
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conjunction with the new DFT capability of
HyperChem
7.5, a large number of new basis
sets have been added to the sets already
included with HyperChem.
These basis sets are available for
either the ab
initio module or the DFT module.
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Feature Summary |
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Structure Input and Manipulation Building molecules with HyperChem is simple: just choose an element from the periodic table, and click and drag with the mouse to sketch a structure. Mouse control of rotation around bonds, stereochemistry, and "rubber banding" of bonds makes changing structures easy. Extensive selection, highlighting, and display capabilities make it easy to focus on areas of interest in complex molecules.
Molecular Display
Computational Chemistry Use HyperChem to explore quantum or classical model potential energy surfaces with single point, geometry optimization, or transition state search calculations. Include the effects of thermal motion with molecular dynamics, Langevin dynamics or Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations. User defined structural restraints may be added. Types of Calculations
Computational Methods Ab Initio Quantum Mechanics
Semi-empirical Quantum Mechanics
Molecular Mechanics
Mixed Mode Calculations
Customize and Extend HyperChem with the Chemist's Developer Kit
New Force Fields HyperChem added significant new capability to the AMBER method of molecular mechanics by including up-to-date modifications of this force field. AMBER code supports 5 parameter sets with their associated functional forms:
Default Parameter Scheme for AMBER and OPLS Any AMBER or OPLS computation can continue computing with default parameters, when explicit parameters are missing from the relevant parameter file. The normal AMBER and OPLS parameter scheme fails when explicit parameters associated with "atom types" are not available. with default parameters, no calculation fails for lack of parameters. ESR Spectra Calculated values of Hyperfine Coupling constants are also available, for characterizing the ESR spectra of open shell systems. Electric Polarizabilities Computation of polarizability tensors is available. Plots of Potential Energy You can select one or two structural features (bond length, torsion angle etc.) and request a plot of the potential energy as a function of either a single structural feature (2D plot) or two structural features (3D plot). Protein Design You can cut and paste any amino acid sequence. That is, a piece can be cut out, a piece inserted, or a sequence of one length replaced by a new sequence of a different length. Annealing operations are, of course, required for the rest of the protein to adapt to these modifications. Electric Fields It is possible to superimpose an applied electric field on any calculation. For example, a charged system will now drift in the workspace during a molecular dynamics run if an external electric field has been applied. Studying molecular behavior in an electric field is now possible. Annotations While it has always been possible to copy the rendering of molecules in HyperChem into a file or onto the clipboard and then transfer the rendering into a drawing or painting program to prepare overhead transparencies or other presentation material, directly creating such material without leaving HyperChem is now possible. An annotation in HyperChem is a length of text that can be placed anywhere in the workspace. Because the text can have attributes such as a font, a color, and a size, it is possible to create annotations such as arrows, lines, circles, rectangles and any number of other drawing primitives. Annotating the molecules that are being modeled in HyperChem allows you to print the workspace and more easily describe to others the results of your modeling. HyperChem contains a number of features associated with creating and manipulating these annotations. Because they exist in a plane or layer that is independent of the molecular or modeling plane, they augment rather than collide with the modeling of earlier versions of HyperChem. At the same time by being able to show or print both planes at the same time, a rich set of annotation options is possible. While that is not the primary intent, HyperChem could now be used to prepare illustrations independent of chemistry and molecular modeling. Charge and Multiplicity are Saved The total charge and spin multiplicity are now stored in the HIN file and are restored when a molecular HIN file is read. Earlier, these had to be set interactively for any new molecule in the workspace. Drawing Constraints It is now possible to constrain your drawing of 2D molecules so that the the resultant drawn molecule has uniform bond lengths and angles and resembles a standard 2D molecular representation as might be seen in textbooks. These constraints have no effect on the subsequent 2D to 3D model building. Graphical Display of Gradients It is possible to visualize the gradient (force) on any atom as a vector. Any set of atoms can display these vectors. Bond Labels A set of dynamically updated labels are available for bonds as well as atoms and residues. These bond labels can be one of:
Enhanced Selection Capability HyperChem operations depend to a great extent on ones ability to select a subset of atoms. For example, it is possible to select atoms based on the range of various computed quantities such as their atomic charge or atomic gradient. Thus, for example, one can now select all atoms with a charge between -0.1 and 0.1. The atom selection options are organized as either a selection based on a "string" property of an atom, such as the atom type (e.g. CH), or a "number" property such as the atom charge described above. Whether you use HyperChem's many internal features or build a live link with your other chemistry programs, the benefit of working with HyperChem Release 7 is that you are free to focus on the things that you do best. HyperChem does the rest.
For Further Information: Molecular Mechanics with HyperChem Quantum Mechanics with HyperChem Visualization and Manipulation of Molecules with HyperChem Structure Optimization with HyperChem Extension and Customization with HyperChem Molecular Dynamics with HyperChem
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