An additivity scheme which takes into account the interactions between ortho substituents is applied to 39 proton shifts in 22 tri-, tetra-, and pentasubstitutcd halobenzenes as 3 mole % solutions in cyclohexane and carbon tetrachloride. The shift of any proton can be written as the sum of two parameters
D ( X , Y ) and one parameter d,. D ( X , Y ) refers to a pair of substituents placed ortho ( X ) and meta ( Y )to the proton and d, refers to a substituent placed para to the proton. The mean deviation between observed and calculated shifts is found to be 0.010 p.p.m. for the cyclohexane solutions and 0.012 p.p.m. for the carbon tetrachloride solutions. The scheme also works reasonably well for mono and dihalobenzenes. The parameteris a measure of the stcric interaction between the X and Y substituents. It is also suggested that the steric environment of a proton is important in determining the shift in carbon tetrachloride solution.