The molar rotations [MI 589 of chiral, optically active tri-and tetra-substituted 2,2'-spirobi-indanes are described b y means of Kauzmann's Principle of Pairwise Interactions (PPI). Additionally, the relation derived from the PPI gives encouraging results for the description of the circular dichroism. The results obtained are compared with those gained b y means of the Theory of Chirality Functions (TCF). Furthermore, Kauzmann's theory gives evidence as t o which classes of molecules might benefit from application of a semiempirical method for the quantitative description of chiroptical properties. Thus, the great success of the TCF for classes of compounds with D 2 d symmetry of the skeleton is due t o the cancellation of all (pairwise) ligand-core interaction terms b y symmetry.