Dear Crystallographers: I am mapping out van der Waals contacts between a small molecule and a protein. What are the generally accepted limits for positive van der Waals interactions? I am defining van der Waals interactions as the energy of interaction between permanent dipoles, plus the energy of interaction between permanent dipoles and dipoles induced by them, plus the energy of interaction between neutral atoms. Is this complete? Accurate?
Is there an associated reference? Cheers David M. Mueller Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The Chicago Medical School Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
