from scm.plams.interfaces.molecule.rdkit import from_smiles import numpy as np import multiprocessing # In this example we compute pKa (acid dissociation constant) using MOPAC for a set of # molecules. The molecules are defined using smiles strings, and are converted to xyz # structures using the plams-rdkit interface. # Important note: the predicted pKa strongly depend on the molecule's conformer. # Here we use the lowest conformer predicted by rdkit's UFF. # The difference between the values computed here and the results on the # MOPAC website (ref_mopac_pKa) is due to different conformers # Data taken from the online MOPAC manual: http://openmopac.net/manual/ (only a sub set) data_tmp = [ # Molecule name smiles exp_pKa ref_mopac_pKa (from mopac's website) ["1-Naphthoic_acid", "C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=CC=C2C(=O)O", 3.69, 4.35], ["2,2,2-Trichloroethanol", "C(C(Cl)(Cl)Cl)O", 12.02, 12.22], ["2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol", "C(C(F)(F)F)O", 12.40, 12.27], ["2,2-Dimethylpropionic_acid", "CC(C)(C)C(=O)O", 5.03, 5.23], ["2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol", "C1=C(C(=C(C(=C1Cl)Cl)Cl)O)Cl", 7.10, 6.08], ["Acetic_acid", "CC(=O)O", 4.76, 5.00], ["Acrylic_acid", "C=CC(=O)O", 4.25, 4.65], ["Benzoid_acid", "C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)O", 4.20, 4.30], ["Citric_acid", "C(C(=O)O)C(CC(=O)O)(C(=O)O)O", 3.13, 2.56], ["Ethanol", "CCO", 16.00, 16.37], ["Formic_acid", "C(=O)O", 3.77, 3.77], ["Glycine", "C(C(=O)O)N", 2.35, 2.53], ["Isoleucine", "CCC(C)C(C(=O)O)N", 2.32, 2.48], ["Methanol", "CO", 15.54, 15.23], ["o-Nitrophenol", "C1=CC=C(C(=C1)[N+](=O)[O-])O", 7.17, 7.52], ["Pentachlorophenol", "C1(=C(C(=C(C(=C1Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)O", 4.90, 5.55], ["Phenol", "C1=CC=C(C=C1)O", 10.00, 9.71], ["Pyruvic_acid", "CC(=O)C(=O)O", 2.50, 2.85], ["T-Butanol", "CC(C)(C)O", 17.00, 16.25], ["Terephthalic_acid", "C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)O)C(=O)O", 3.51, 3.59], ["Valine", "CC(C)C(C(=O)O)N", 2.29, 2.61], ["Water", "O", 15.74, 15.75], ] # Turn data_tmp into a dictionary: systems = [{"name": d[0], "smiles": d[1], "exp_pKa": d[2], "ref_mopac_pKa": d[3]} for d in data_tmp] # Create the molecules from the smiles using rdkit: molecules = [] for system in systems: # Compute 30 conformers, optimize with UFF and pick the lowest in energy. mol = from_smiles(system["smiles"], nconfs=30, forcefield="uff")[0] mol.properties.name = system["name"] mol.properties.exp_pKa = system["exp_pKa"] mol.properties.ref_mopac_pKa = system["ref_mopac_pKa"] molecules.append(mol) # MOPAC input: s = Settings() s.runscript.nproc = 1 # serial calculation s.input.ams.Task = "GeometryOptimization" s.input.ams.GeometryOptimization.Convergence.Step = 1.0e-3 s.input.ams.GeometryOptimization.Convergence.Gradients = 1.0e-5 s.input.mopac.model = "PM6" s.input.mopac.properties.pKa = "Yes" # Set up and run jobs: jobs = MultiJob(children=[AMSJob(name=mol.properties.name, molecule=mol, settings=s) for mol in molecules]) jr = JobRunner(parallel=True, maxjobs=multiprocessing.cpu_count()) # run jobs in parallel jobs.run(jobrunner=jr) # Collect results: for i, mol in enumerate(molecules): pKaValues = jobs.children[i].results.readrkf("Properties", "pKaValues", file="mopac") mol.properties.calc_pKa = np.mean(pKaValues) # If there is more than one pKa, take the average value # Print results in a table: print("Results:\n") print("| {:28} | {:8} | {:8} | {:8} | {:8} |".format("Molecule", "exp pKa", "calc pKa", "ref", "calc-exp")) for mol in molecules: print( "| {:28} | {:>8.2f} | {:>8.4f} | {:>8.2f} | {:>8.2f} |".format( mol.properties.name, mol.properties.exp_pKa, mol.properties.calc_pKa, mol.properties.ref_mopac_pKa, mol.properties.calc_pKa - mol.properties.exp_pKa, ) ) print("") errors = [mol.properties.calc_pKa - mol.properties.exp_pKa for mol in molecules] print("Mean signed error : {:4.2f}".format(np.mean(errors))) print("Mean unsigned error: {:4.2f}".format(np.mean([abs(e) for e in errors]))) print("Root mean square error: {:4.2f}".format(np.sqrt(np.mean([e**2 for e in errors])))) print("Done")