文摘
The potential energy hypersurface of sucrose has been examined by molecular mechanics calculations (MM3(92)) interfaced with two different algorithms for conformational searching. The first uses the systematic grid-search approach. The second algorithm, which has a lower CPU requirement, is the so-called CICADA procedure (Channels In Conformational space Analyzed by Driver Approach). This method drrives selected torsional angles to explore the low-energy regions and permits full geometry relaxation.