NQR frequencies were determined for the 35 Cl isotope in a few benzodithiazine derivatives, chlorothiazide (CTZ), hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), althiazide (ATZ), trichloromethiazide (TCTZ), benzthiazide (BTZ) and furosemide (FSE), at liquid nitrogen and room temperatures. It was found that changes of the substituent at C-3 are transferred through a system of coupled rings on to the chlorine atom at C-6. The substituents occurring in thiazides can be ordered according to increasing electron-acceptor properties as -CH 2 SCH 2 Ph < -CH 2 SCH 2 CH CH 2 < -CHCl 2 . At the liquid nitrogen temperature -CH 2 SCH 2 Ph and -CH 2 SCH 2 CH CH 2 are electron donors, and CHCl 2 is an electron acceptor, whereas at room temperature -CH 2 SCH 2 Ph is an electron donor and -CH 2 SCH 2 CH CH 2 and -CHCl 2 are electron acceptors. The character of the substituent properties is preserved irrespective of whether the system is aromatic or aliphatic. The NQR frequencies and substituents properties are well reproduced by the DFT B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,p) method. The topological properties of the Laplacian of the electron density were analysed within the AIM (atoms in molecules) approach. The changes in the electron density at C-3 are correlated with the biological activity of the compounds studied.