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. 2021 Jun 14;17(7):4403–4419. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01328

Table 4. Comparison of Solvation Free Energy Differences from Absolute and Relative Alchemical Transformations Using the or One Best Practice Approach Described in the Main Texta.

Transformation ΔΔGsolv ΔΔGsolvabs ΔΔGsolv – ΔΔGsolvabs pb
HEX2PRP-1 –0.47 ± 0.04 –0.49 ± 0.06 0.02 ± 0.07 0.55
TOL2MET 2.46 ± 0.02 2.50 ± 0.05 –0.04 ± 0.05 0.15
ETH2MEOH –6.93 ± 0.03 –6.94 ± 0.02 0.01 ± 0.04 0.55
MET2WAT-qfs –9.24 ± 0.03 –9.27 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.04 0.11
MET2WAT –9.18 ± 0.04 –9.27 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.04 0.00
TOL2PYR-1 –4.69 ± 0.02 –4.67 ± 0.04 –0.02 ± 0.04 0.36
HEX2POL-1 –7.09 ± 0.04 –7.11 ± 0.07 0.02 ± 0.09 0.60
PRP2DIM-1 –3.33 ± 0.02 –3.36 ± 0.03 0.03 ± 0.04 0.11
PHE2CYC –0.01 ± 0.02 0.01 ± 0.06 –0.02 ± 0.06 0.51
ETH2MTA-1 –5.90 ± 0.02 –5.87 ± 0.02 –0.03 ± 0.03 0.05
MET2AMM-1 –6.22 ± 0.02 –6.19 ± 0.02 –0.03 ± 0.03 0.05
ETH2AMM-1 –6.08 ± 0.02 –6.06 ± 0.02 –0.02 ± 0.03 0.15
ACE2PEOL-1 1.03 ± 0.02 1.05 ± 0.03 –0.02 ± 0.04 0.25
a

See Table 2 for abbreviations used.

b

p-value obtained using Welch’s t test (cf. main text).