I have built an OPLS-AA model of Polymer (PMMA) at the site below.
I would like to run this model on Gromacs 4.5.7.
The reason for using this version is that it is customized.
The above site creates a pmma.pdb file and a pmma.itp file.
When I changed the the topology file as follows and ececuted the grompp, the error message was displayed.
The largest charge group contains 47 atoms. The maximum is 32.
However, when using Gromacs2020, no error was displayed and the calculation was possible.
Can anyone please advise how to get this model working with Gromacs 4.5.7?
Gromacs 2020 no longer uses charge groups due to a better nonbonded setup, so we just ignore it.
For version 4.1 you need charge groups, but such a large charge group is an astronomically bad idea, since it would mean atoms might be close to each other without interacting.
You can remove the charge grouping by assigning a separate charge group to each atom. That will work just fine if you use PME.
Thank you for valuable advice!
And sorry for my delay in thanking you.
I understand that I have to assign a separate charge group to each atom.
Are you saying that I should rewrite [ atomtypes ] of itp file?
If so, do these values need to be redetermined in Gaussian etc.?