substituentSterimol.py#

usage: substituentSterimol.py [-h]
                              [-if {xyz,log,com,gjf,sd,sdf,mol,mol2,out,dat,fchk,crest,xtb,sqmout,47,31,qout}]
                              -s TARGETS -a AVOID [-r {bondi,umn}] [-l]
                              [-al L_VALUE] [-v] [-o output destination]
                              [input file [input file ...]]

calculate B1-B5, and L sterimol parameters for substituents - see Verloop, A. and Tipker, J. (1976), Use of linear free energy related and other parameters in the study of fungicidal selectivity. Pestic. Sci., 7: 379-390.

positional arguments:
  input file            a coordinate file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -if {xyz,log,com,gjf,sd,sdf,mol,mol2,out,dat,fchk,crest,xtb,sqmout,47,31,qout}, --input-format {xyz,log,com,gjf,sd,sdf,mol,mol2,out,dat,fchk,crest,xtb,sqmout,47,31,qout}
                        file format of input
                        xyz is assumed if input is stdin
  -s TARGETS, --substituent-atom TARGETS
                        substituent atom
                        1-indexed position of the starting position of the
                        substituent of which you are calculating sterimol
                        parameters
  -a AVOID, --attached-to AVOID
                        non-substituent atom
                        1-indexed position of the starting position of the atom
                        connected to the substituent of which you are calculating
                        sterimol parameters
  -r {bondi,umn}, --radii {bondi,umn}
                        VDW radii to use in calculation
                        umn: main group vdw radii from J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 19, 5806–5812
                            (DOI: 10.1021/jp8111556)
                            transition metals are crystal radii from Batsanov, S.S. Van der Waals
                            Radii of Elements. Inorganic Materials 37, 871–885 (2001).
                            (DOI: 10.1023/A:1011625728803)
                        bondi: radii from J. Phys. Chem. 1964, 68, 3, 441–451 (DOI: 10.1021/j100785a001)
                        Default: bondi
  -l, --old-l           approximate FORTRAN Sterimol method for determining L
                        This is 0.4 + the ideal bond length for a target-H bond
                        Default: L value is from VDW radii of target atom to outer
                        VDW radii of atoms projected onto L-axis
  -al L_VALUE, --at-L L_VALUE
                        get widths at specific L values (comma-separated)
                        Default: use the entire ligand
  -v, --vector          print Chimera/ChimeraX bild file for vectors instead of parameter values
  -o output destination, --output output destination
                        output destination
                        Default: stdout