On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Konstantin Tokarev wrote:

>> Yes, all coordinates in Open Babel are in Angstrom, and all energies should 
>> be in kcal/mol (for now). 
> 
> What about energies of geometry optimization steps? It's much more convenient 
> to see Hartrees

For right now, OB does not store energy units. So for consistency (i.e., that 
SetEnergy expects heats of formation), everything is converted into kcal/mol.

If you want to compare QM energies, OB will convert to kcal/mol, and you'll 
need to convert back to Hartrees.

-Geoff
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