The lowest 3 n,* states of the phenyl and silaphenyl anions (3 and 4) have residuals with MCI that lean towards aromaticity; their MCI-components are significantly higher than the corresponding S0 values (Figure ), and the MCI-components resemble that of pyridine (1) in its lowest * state (0.0026, 0.0011, and 0.0023 for 3, 4, and 1, respectively).