From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Mon Aug 6 09:55:01 2007 From: "Dr. Robert C. Mawhinney dr.robert.mawhinney+/-gmail.com" <owner-chemistry-x-server.ccl.net> To: CCL Subject: CCL: Quantifying/estimating donor/acceptor strength Message-Id: <-34883-070805192149-19800-SBxvc/JAXOs2+LjD45Y4zQ-x-server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Dr. Robert C. Mawhinney" <dr.robert.mawhinney**gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_56618_20493087.1186352634316" Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 18:23:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: "Dr. Robert C. Mawhinney" [dr.robert.mawhinney]![gmail.com] ------=_Part_56618_20493087.1186352634316 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi Gustavo, Check out a paper by RJ Boyd and coworkers (don't have the exact reference at the moment). They published two papers demonstrating how one can Use Bader's Atoms-in-Molecules to assess group electronegativities. Good luck. Rob On 8/3/07, Gustavo L.C. Moura gustavo]~[mercury.chem.pitt.edu < owner-chemistry===ccl.net> wrote: > > > Sent to CCL by: "Gustavo L.C. Moura" [gustavo!^!mercury.chem.pitt.edu] > Dear CCL readers, > I am looking for ways of computationally quantifying/estimating the > donor/acceptor strength of groups connected to larger molecules. I want to > correlate some spectral properties of these molecules with the > donor/acceptor strength of these groups. > If the groups I am interested were only substituted benzenes, I > could > rely on the Hammett sigma values. Because I am also interested in > connecting > heterocyclic groups to my molecules, I need to find a computational way of > quantifying/estimating the donor/acceptor strength of these groups. I am > aware > of a property called absolute electronegativity (one half of the sum of > the > ionization potential with the electroaffinity of the group), but this > property > is unable to differentiate between the different positions of the group > (meta > or para substitution, for example). > Does anyone in the list have any suggestion or paper that could > help me > with my problem? > Sincerely yours, > Gustavo L.C. Moura > Gustavo at mercury.chem.pitt.edu> > > > ------=_Part_56618_20493087.1186352634316 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi Gustavo,<br><br>Check out a paper by RJ Boyd and coworkers (don't have the exact reference at the moment). They published two papers demonstrating how one can Use Bader's Atoms-in-Molecules to assess group electronegativities. Good luck. <br><br>Rob<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gustavo L.C. Moura gustavo]~[<a href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu">mercury.chem.pitt.edu</a></b> <<a href="mailto:owner-chemistry===ccl.net"> owner-chemistry===ccl.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Sent to CCL by: "Gustavo L.C. Moura" [gustavo!^!mercury.chem.pitt.edu] <br>Dear CCL readers,<br> I am looking for ways of computationally quantifying/estimating the<br>donor/acceptor strength of groups connected to larger molecules. I want to<br>correlate some spectral properties of these molecules with the <br>donor/acceptor strength of these groups.<br> If the groups I am interested were only substituted benzenes, I could<br>rely on the Hammett sigma values. Because I am also interested in connecting<br>heterocyclic groups to my molecules, I need to find a computational way of <br>quantifying/estimating the donor/acceptor strength of these groups. I am aware<br>of a property called absolute electronegativity (one half of the sum of the<br>ionization potential with the electroaffinity of the group), but this property <br>is unable to differentiate between the different positions of the group (meta<br>or para substitution, for example).<br> Does anyone in the list have any suggestion or paper that could help me<br>with my problem? <br> Sincerely yours,<br> Gustavo L.C. Moura<br> Gustavo at <a href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu">mercury.chem.pitt.edu</a><br><br><br><br<br<br<br<br><br>E-mail to subscribers: <a href="mailto:CHEMISTRY===ccl.net">CHEMISTRY===ccl.net</a> or use:<br> <a href="http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message">http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message</a><br><br>E-mail to administrators: <a href="mailto:CHEMISTRY-REQUEST===ccl.net"> CHEMISTRY-REQUEST===ccl.net</a> or use<br> <a href="http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message">http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message</a><br><br>Subscribe/Unsubscribe:<br> <a href="http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtml"</a><br><br>Before posting, check wait time at: <a href="http://www.ccl.net">http://www.ccl.net</a><br><br>Job: <a href="http://www.ccl.net/jobs">http://www.ccl.net/jobs</a><br> Conferences: <a href="http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/">http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/</a><br><br>Search Messages: <a href="http://www.ccl.net/htdig">http://www.ccl.net/htdig </a> (login: ccl, Password: search)<br><br<br> <a href="http://www.ccl.net/spammers.txt">http://www.ccl.net/spammers.txt</a><br><br>RTFI: <a href="http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/aboutccl/instructions/"> http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/aboutccl/instructions/</a><br><br<br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_56618_20493087.1186352634316-- From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Mon Aug 6 14:04:01 2007 From: "Wai-To Chan chan###curl.gkcl.yorku.ca" <owner-chemistry**server.ccl.net> To: CCL Subject: CCL: Quantifying/estimating donor/acceptor strength Message-Id: <-34884-070806133823-3523-v6lGafrV6RatJ+nivftnTA**server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Wai-To Chan <chan##curl.gkcl.yorku.ca> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:00:11 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Wai-To Chan [chan]|[curl.gkcl.yorku.ca] This paper reports a study of the correlation between non-linear optical properties and donor-acceptor strenth. Not sure if it is of relevance. J phys chem A vol 101 pg 9773-9777 (1997) Sastre et al. "Push-Pull Phthalocyanines: A Hammett Correlation between the Cubic Hyperpolarizability and the Donor-Acceptor Character of the Substituents" Wai-To Chan From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Mon Aug 6 20:46:00 2007 From: "Andrew D. Fant fant]![pobox.com" <owner-chemistry^_^server.ccl.net> To: CCL Subject: CCL: Intel quad core processors Message-Id: <-34885-070806201912-20208-DTtrD+KcA25SOtUczIMz/w^_^server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Andrew D. Fant" <fant++pobox.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:13:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: "Andrew D. Fant" [fant]^[pobox.com] John McKelvey jmmckel**gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone tried Intel quad core processors? Opinions? > > Thanks! > Hey John, We're going to be getting one in my wife's new Mac any day now. I'll be doing mostly MD on it, under both OS X and Linux, and I'll let you know how it does. Andy From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Mon Aug 6 23:04:01 2007 From: "Yousef Sharifi ysharifi##gmail.com" <owner-chemistry:-:server.ccl.net> To: CCL Subject: CCL: Intel quad core processors Message-Id: <-34886-070806214720-29330-vcTZEDKhWLqd55fr9YW1UQ:-:server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Yousef Sharifi" <ysharifi]![gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_51857_19814448.1186450842824" Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 21:40:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: "Yousef Sharifi" [ysharifi===gmail.com] ------=_Part_51857_19814448.1186450842824 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I have two quad core q6600 on Abit motherboard. Overclocked to 3.4 works perfectly fine. On 8/6/07, Andrew D. Fant fant]![pobox.com <owner-chemistry/a\ccl.net> wrote: > > > Sent to CCL by: "Andrew D. Fant" [fant]^[pobox.com] > John McKelvey jmmckel**gmail.com wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Has anyone tried Intel quad core processors? Opinions? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Hey John, > We're going to be getting one in my wife's new Mac any day now. > I'll be doing mostly MD on it, under both OS X and Linux, and I'll let > you know how it does. > > Andy> > > > ------=_Part_51857_19814448.1186450842824 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I have two quad core q6600 on Abit motherboard. Overclocked to 3.4 works perfectly fine. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew D. Fant fant]![<a href="http://pobox.com">pobox.com </a></b> <<a href="mailto:owner-chemistry/a\ccl.net">owner-chemistry/a\ccl.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br>Sent to CCL by: "Andrew D. Fant" [fant]^[<a href="http://pobox.com">pobox.com</a>]<br>John McKelvey jmmckel**<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>> Hello,<br>><br>> Has anyone tried Intel quad core processors? Opinions? <br>><br>> Thanks!<br>><br><br>Hey John,<br> We're going to be getting one in my wife's new Mac any day now.<br>I'll be doing mostly MD on it, under both OS X and Linux, and I'll let<br>you know how it does. <br><br>Andy<br><br><br><br<br<br<br<br><br>E-mail to subscribers: <a href="mailto:CHEMISTRY/a\ccl.net">CHEMISTRY/a\ccl.net</a> or use:<br> <a href="http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message">http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message </a><br><br>E-mail to administrators: <a href="mailto:CHEMISTRY-REQUEST/a\ccl.net">CHEMISTRY-REQUEST/a\ccl.net</a> or use<br> <a href="http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message">http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message </a><br><br>Subscribe/Unsubscribe:<br> <a href="http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtml">http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtml</a><br><br>Before posting, check wait time at: <a href="http://www.ccl.net">http://www.ccl.net </a><br><br>Job: <a href="http://www.ccl.net/jobs">http://www.ccl.net/jobs</a><br>Conferences: <a href="http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/">http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/ </a><br><br>Search Messages: <a href="http://www.ccl.net/htdig">http://www.ccl.net/htdig</a> (login: ccl, Password: search)<br><br<br> <a href="http://www.ccl.net/spammers.txt"</a><br><br>RTFI: <a href="http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/aboutccl/instructions/">http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/aboutccl/instructions/</a><br><br<br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_51857_19814448.1186450842824-- From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Mon Aug 6 23:39:00 2007 From: "John W Daily john.daily+*+colorado.edu" <owner-chemistry(!)server.ccl.net> To: CCL Subject: CCL: Intel quad core processors Message-Id: <-34887-070806225610-5798-q7WCQBJchYjE5tu8ipngBA(!)server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: John W Daily <john.daily=-=colorado.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 20:22:43 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Sent to CCL by: John W Daily [john.daily{=}colorado.edu] John, I have a MacPro dual Quad (i.e.8 processors) on which I run Amber and some other parallelized software. I have not done comparisons with any other machines, but for the price and ease of use it works great for me. I use the Intel Fortran compiler. John On Aug 4, 2007, at 8:05 AM, John McKelvey jmmckel**gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone tried Intel quad core processors? Opinions? > > Thanks! > > John McKelvey