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Table 1 Relationship between the number of rotatable bonds, the number of conformers generated and the minimum RMSD to the crystal structure.

From: Confab - Systematic generation of diverse low-energy conformers

Rotatable

bonds

Number of

molecules

Total Conformers

(median)

Low Energy

Conformers (median)

Diverse Conformers (median)

Minimum RMSD to crystal (median)

    

0.5 Å

1.0 Å

1.5 Å

2.0 Å

3.0 Å

0.5 Å

1.0 Å

1.5 Å

2.0 Å

3.0 Å

1

214

3

3

3

1

1

1

1

0.18

0.40

0.45

0.45

0.45

2

97

36

25

8

2

1

1

1

0.34

0.54

0.74

0.80

0.80

3

216

72

44

19

4

1

1

1

0.39

0.70

1.02

1.06

1.06

4

143

1296

582

96

9

2

1

1

0.52

0.80

1.07

1.14

1.24

5

86

3024

1065

189

24

4

1

1

0.60

0.82

1.14

1.31

1.34

6

114

186624

24317

2953

192

24

5

1

0.71

0.90

1.21

1.49

1.78

7

69

34992

10679

1402

139

17

4

1

0.66

0.83

1.14

1.44

1.73

  1. The 61 molecules with 8 or more rotatable bonds are omitted.