Table 2.

Calculated Absolute Binding Free Energy for Au-Carbene-dsDNA Minor Groove Binding

Contribution	Result [kcal/mol]	Standard Error [kcal/mol]
ΔGbind,restr	−10.9	±0.9
ΔGo,bulk	6.4	N/A
ΔGconf,bulk	3.7	±0.1
−ΔGa,site	−0.3	±0.1
−ΔGo,site	−1.5	±0.7
−ΔGconf,site	−2.6	±0.1
ΔGbind,0	−5.2	±1.2

N/A, not applicable