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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem B. 2008 May 29;112(25):7675–7688. doi: 10.1021/jp7110988

Table 3.

PB atomic cavity radii (Å) and atom types.

Atom type PB radius Description
h1 0.421 H bonded to aliphatic carbon with 1 electrwd. group
h2 0.327 H bonded to aliphatic carbon with 2 electrwd. group
h4 0.577 H bonded to non-sp3 carbon with 1 electrwd. group
h5 2.021 H bonded to non-sp3 carbon with 2 electrwd. group
ha 0.735 H bonded to aromatic carbon
hc 0.753 H bonded to aliphatic carbon without electrwd. group
hn 0.681 H bonded to nitrogen atoms
ho 0.000 Hydroxyl group
o 1.117 Oxygen with one connected atom
oh 1.293 Oxygen in hydroxyl group
os 1.094 Ether and ester oxygen
c 1.200 Sp2 C carbonyl group
c1 1.139 Sp C
c2 1.200 Sp2 C
c3 1.181 Sp3 C
ca 1.139 Sp2 C in pure aromatic systems
cc 1.139 Sp2 carbons in non-pure aromatic systems
cd 1.139 Sp2 carbons in non-pure aromatic systems, identical to cc
ce 1.139 Inner Sp2 carbons in conjugated systems
cf 1.139 Inner Sp2 carbons in conjugated systems, identical to ce
cp 1.139 Head Sp2 C that connect two rings in biphenyl sys.
n 1.114 Sp2 nitrogen in amide groups
n1 1.114 Sp N
n2 1.114 Aliphatic Sp2 N with two connected atoms
n3 1.114 Sp3 N with three connected atoms
na 1.114 Sp2 N with three connected atoms
nb 1.114 Sp2 N in pure aromatic systems
nc 1.114 Sp2 N in non-pure aromatic systems
nd 1.114 Sp2 N in non-pure aromatic systems, identical to nc
nh 1.114 Amine N connected one or more aromatic rings
no 1.114 Nitro N
s 2.210 S with one connected atom
sh 2.210 Sp3 S connected with hydrogen
ss 2.210 S with one connected atom
p5 1.514 Phosphate with four connected atoms, such as O P(OH)3
py 1.514 Special p5 in conjugated system
f 1.612 Fluorine
cl 2.488 Chlorine
br 2.616 Bromine