An 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative of niobium(V) ethoxide was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, infrared, electronic, and 1 H, 13 C, and 93 NMR spectroscopies. Tetraethoxy(8-quinolinato)niobium(V), as shown by the single crystal structure determination, exists as an octahedral compound in the solid state in which the 8-quinolinato group chelates to the metal atom. In solution, this group partially becomes unidentate; the six-coordinate species is in equilibrium with the five-coordinate species, as shown by 93 Nb and variable-temperature 1 H NMR spectroscopy.