A subclass of isodesmic reactions in which reactants and products contain equal numbers of carbon atoms in corresponding states of @H02874@; moreover, there is matching of the carbon-hydrogen bonds in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms joined to the individual carbon atoms. To achieve all this matching, one should significantly extend the number and types of reference molecules. In the aliphatic series of @H02889@ these are propane, isobutane and neopentanes as well as propene and isobutene; for aromatics—buta-1,3-diene, 2-vinylbutadiene (3-methylidenehexa-1,5-diene) and 2,3-divinylbutadiene (3,4-bismethylidenehexa-1,5-diene). Thus to assess @ST07108@ of cyclopropane and aromatic stabilization of benzene the following homodesmotic reactions are to be respectively analysed. Due to closer matching of the @H02874@ states of the atoms of reactants and products as compared to isodesmic reactions, the homodesmotic reactions give more accurate estimates of the intrinsic @S06037@ and the cyclic @D01583@. The definition may be extended to molecules with heteroatoms.