# Error in grompp

**URL:** <https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/error-in-grompp/2145>\
**Category:** User discussions\
**Tags:** forcefield, analysis-tools\
**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/error-in-grompp/2145 "2021-05-11T12:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Azam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Azam](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/u/Azam)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/error-in-grompp/2145/1 "2021-05-11T12:06:05Z")

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GROMACS version:  
GROMACS modification: Yes/No  
Hii, I am carrying out MD study for a system consist of a protein and ionic liquid by gromos 43a1. for parametrizing ionic liquid i used prodrg server. But with this command  
gmx grompp -f ions.mdp -c solv.gro -p topol.top -o ions.tpr

I am facing some errors with .itp files.  
ERROR1 [file unk.itp, line 693]:  
No default proper Dih.types

there are total 5 errors corresponds to proper dihedrals.

I am not able to resolve this problem. Please guide me to sort out this error.

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks;

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**Author:** ![alevilla](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/gromacs.bioexcel.eu/alevilla/32/439_2.png) [@alevilla](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/u/alevilla)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/error-in-grompp/2145/2 "2021-05-14T09:33:49Z")

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Hi,

The error just say that parameters for dihedral angles are missing in your force field implementation. Propably the dihedral angles are defined in the itp file, but gmx pdb2gmx does not find the corresponding values in the ffbond.itp (force field file)

See other topics on this topic in the form (for example)

> [@How to use output from PRODRG](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/how-to-use-output-from-prodrg/436):
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> GROMACS version: 2018.3 GROMACS modification: No I am studying protein-ligand interactions, and my question has two parts which may be related: To get an .itp file for my ligand, I submitted its .pdb file to PRODRG server (since I am using Gromos forcefield), and I guess I should use DRGGMX.pdb and DRGGMX.itp. How do I use the output files from PRODRG for Gromacs simulations? I did editconfig to convert the DRGGMX.pdb into .gro, and then copied the content into the protein.gro Then I adde…

Best regards  
Alessandra