The modified hartree-fock self-consistent field equation

The electron density at the pyridine nitrogen atom and the π-electron density of the pyridine ring were calculated by the CNDO /2-MO method assuming standard bond lengths and angles. The indices were found to correlate with the pK_a values of pyridine derivatives and with the electronic substituent constants of the Hammett type. The correlations were best for four-substituted pyridines, making the routine CNDO /2-MO calculations useful for studies of quantitative relations between structure and biological activity of the compounds.