Using 51 V magic angle spinning solid-state NMR, SSNMR, spectroscopy and quantum chemical DFT calculations we have characterized the chemical shift and quadrupolar coupling parameters of a series of 8 hydroxylamido vanadium(V) dipicolinate complexes of the general formula VO(dipic)(ONR 1 R 2 )(H 2 O) where R 1 and R 2 can be H, CH 3 , or CH 2 CH 3 . This class of vanadium compounds was chosen for investigation because of their seven coordinate vanadium atom, a geometry for which there is limited 51 V SSNMR data. Furthermore, a systematic series of compounds with different electronic properties are available and allows for the effects of ligand substitution on the NMR parameters to be studied. The quadrupolar coupling constants, C Q , are small, 3.0 to 3.9 MHz, but exhibit variations as a function of the ligand substitution. The chemical shift tensors in the solid state are sensitive to changes in both the hydroxylamide substituent and the dipic ligand, a sensitivity which is not observed for isotropic chemical shifts in solution. The chemical shift tensors span approximately 1000 ppm, and are nearly axially symmetric. Based on DFT calculations of the chemical shift tensors, one of the largest contributors to the magnetic shielding anisotropy is an occupied molecular orbital with significant vanadium d z 2 character along the V=O bond.