The difference-based adaptive solvation quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (adQM/MM) method (J. Chem. Theory Comput.2009, 5, 2212) as implemented in the Amber software was applied to the study of several chemical processes in solution. The adQM/MM method is based on an efficient selection scheme that enables quantum-mechanical treatment of the active region of a molecular system in solution taking explicitly into account diffusion of solvent molecules between the QM and the MM regions. Specifically, adQM/MM molecular dynamics simulations are carried out to characterize (1) the free energy profiles of halide exchange SN2 reactions in water, (2) the hydration structure of the Cl(-) ion, and (3) the solvation structure of the zwitterionic form of glycine in water. A comparison is made with the results obtained using standard MM and QM/MM methods as well as with the available fully QM and experimental data. In all cases, it is shown that the adaptive QM/MM simulations provide a physically realistic description of the system of interest.
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