The n B and l9F nuclear quadrupole couplings in F 3BNH V(CH3)3_;(. compounds are reported. The boron quadrupole couplings were measured by quadrupole perturbed N M R in the solid state. The fluorine quadrupole couplings were obtained by the time-differential observation of the angular distribution of the gamma radiation after excitation o f the fluorine nuclei with accelerated protons (TDPAD). The results are discussed in connection with the nitrogen quadru pole couplings in F 3BNHV R 3_* compounds, and the nitrogen and boron quadrupole couplings in H 3BNHvR 3_x: compounds which were previously determined by nuclear quadrupole double resonance. In the F 3BNHyR 3_x series of compounds, the donor-acceptor character o f the B -N bond appears to be less im portant than in the H 3BNH V R 3_^ compounds in favour of a more ionic character of the bond with a higher negative charge on nitrogen.