Electronegativity and molecular geometry. I. General principles of the method and analysis of the effect of short-range electrostatic interactions on bond lengths in organic molecules

General evidence is presented for a new approach to the assessment of the geometry of molecules on the basis of electrostatic interactions. A scheme is developed for the calculation of the electronegativities of the atoms in organic molecules with systematic treatment of the levels of the surroundings of the given atom. A relation is obtained between the electronegativity of the atoms of a given kind of bond and the change in its length. A procedure for the calculation of the parameters of the change in bond lengths is developed in the form of a computer program.