Density sensitivities for ROY conformers are plotted in Fig. (a), computed using SCAN for the approximate functional Ẽ[ρ] in Eq. ( ). as compared to the other conformers, by ≈ 4 kJ/mol, a significant amount given the rather small energy differences between the various conformers. Larger SIE in near-planar geometries associated with the orange and red conformers explains the larger values of S in those cases. Application of DC-DFT thus selectively modifies the energy landscape of the conformers with the largest density sensitivity, meaning red and orange more so than yellow in this case. The result is a potential energy surface that pushes the energetic ordering in the right direction.