The H-tautomers of benzotriazole, benzimidazole, and their N-methyl-derivatives, as well as of their cations have been investigated by using the MP2/cc-pVDZ treatment. The atomic reactivity indices for electrophilic reactions (nitration) in the optimized geometries of the compounds under study have been evaluated as the electron density of the highest occupied molecular orbital. Both the benzotriazoles and their protonated cations prefer nitration in the 4-and/or 7-positions in agreement with experimental data. Only the more stable tautomers of 1H-benzimidazole nitrated in the 6-position, and the 3H-protonated cations of 1,3-H-benzimidazolium and 1-methyl-3H-benzimidazolium nitrated in the 5-and 6-positions, in full agreement with experiment. The results imply the importance of the protonated benzdiazolium cations for the nitration.