All-valence-electron scf-mo calculations on the electronic structure and reactivities of some halogenated benzene and azabenzene derivatives

All-valence-electron CNDO/2 SCF-MO calculations have been performed on some fluoro, chloro and methoxy derivatives of benzene, pyridine and the diazines. The computed charge distributions and the dipole moments are discussed and compared with available experimental data. The relative basicities of the derivatives of pyridine and the diazines have been investigated and an attempt made to correlate the results with known pK_a values. Localisation energies for the nucleophilic substitution of halogen by methoxide ion have also been calculated and the predicted relative reactivities compared with experimental observations, where these were available.