It is based on my experience, I found this is a meaningful threshold by studying ESP of many representative molecules.
More discussion can be found in my blog article: http://www.shanxitv.org/518 (written in Chinese)
Best,
Tian
]]>Nonpolar surface area (|ESP| <= 10 kcal/mol):
Polar surface area (|ESP| > 10 kcal/mol):
I'm wondering if this default ESP energy threshold (10 kcal/mol) is based on your experience or the studies in the literature.
Thank you very much.
Best,
Mostafa