The geometrical parameters of the dimethyl pyridazine-1,4-dicarboxylates 13−16, in which a σ-bond system is annulated at the C5−C6 bond, have been determined by X-ray diffraction. As compared to the cyclopentene subunit in 16, which is believed to exert no significant influence on the bond lengths of the aromatic moiety, the norbornene, benzvalene, and bicyclo[2.1.1]hexene subunits of 13−15, respectively, cause alternating bond elongations and shortenings in the pyridazine moiety, with increasing magnitudes, in that order. These effects are in line with the heats of the isodesmic reac-