Table 3.

Global reactivity descriptors for the Blue-G1 intermediate melanoidin pigment calculated with the MN12SX density functional.

Electronegativity ($\mathit{\alpha }$)	Chemical Hardness ($\mathit{\eta }$)	Electrophilicity ($\mathit{\omega }$)
4.4428	1.9956	4.9457
Electron-Donating Power (${\mathit{\omega }}^{\mathbf{-}}$)	Electron-Accepting Power (${\mathit{\omega }}^{\mathbf{+}}$)	Net Electrophilicity ($\mathbf{\Delta }{\mathit{\omega }}^{\mathbf{\pm }}$)
7.1959	5.7429	12.9388