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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Chem Theory Comput. 2013 May 8;9(6):2733–2748. doi: 10.1021/ct400146w

Table 5.

Comparison of results of different scaling methods in the VDW-disappearing and appearing steps of the HFE calculation for the Be2+ and Ba2+ ions.a

VDW-appearing VDW-disappearing
L K4 K6 SC L K4 K6 SC
Be2+ 3 Windows ----- ----- ----- 0.44 ----- ----- ----- −0.45
5 Windows 0.25 0.19 0.17 ----- −0.26 −0.38 −0.38 -----
7 Windows 0.28 0.24 0.23 ----- −0.29 −0.38 −0.39 -----
9 Windows 0.30 0.27 0.25 ----- −0.29 −0.39 −0.37 -----
Ba2+ 3 Windows ----- ----- ----- 1.56 ----- ----- ----- −1.41
5 Windows −0.40 −1.34 −1.74 ----- 0.54 −2.08 −1.76 -----
7 Windows 0.12 −0.74 −1.10 ----- 0.05 −1.83 −1.90 -----
9 Windows 0.31 −0.45 −0.59 ----- −0.18 −1.74 −1.95 -----
a

in kcal/mol.