For dimers, the populations of different conformers are relatively similar across both methods, with the O H bonded conformer being the most populated in both cases. However, notable differences emerge as aggregate size increases. For trimers, the most populated conformer changes from dimer-like with Q/s to linear with C/d. This trend, favoring linear conformers in the C/d approach, continues with tetramers, where linear conformers remain the most populated with C/d, whereas the cyclic conformer becomes dominant with Q/s.