Question

Which of the following statements concerning molecular mechanics (MM) force fields is incorrect? Select one: O a. MM treats electrons implicitly and does not usually account for effects such as polarisation and charge transfer. O b. MM models chemical bonds as harmonic springs and cannot handle bond breaking or formation. O c. MM approximates the potential energy surface using simple analytic harmonic and periodic functions. d. MM is largely ab initio, i.e. parameter-free.

Please explain your answer

Answer 1

Molecular mechanics is a computational method that computes the potential energy scofan for a particular arrangement of atoms using potential functions that are derived using classical physics So out of the four options C is an incorrect So c is the correct answer