Table 3.

The minimum, optimal, and maximum distances between interacting hydrophobic atoms utilized to determine interaction strength.

Atom Types	Type 1 (–CH3)	Type 2 (–CH2–; HCC3)	Type 3 (Aromatic)
Type 1 (–CH3)	$di{s}_{min}=3.50 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{opt}=4.00 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{max}=6.78 \mathrm{\AA }$	$di{s}_{min}=3.68 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{opt}=4.20 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{max}=6.70 \mathrm{\AA }$	$di{s}_{min}=3.52 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{opt}=4.05 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{max}=7.00 \mathrm{\AA }$
Type 2 (–CH2–; HCC3)		$di{s}_{min}=3.63 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{opt}=4.11 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{max}=6.62 \mathrm{\AA }$	$di{s}_{min}=3.48 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{opt}=4.07 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{max}=6.64 \mathrm{\AA }$
Type 3 (aromatic)			$di{s}_{min}=3.39 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{opt}=3.91 \mathrm{\AA }$ $di{s}_{max}=6.81 \mathrm{\AA }$