SummaryLinear relationships between the inverse of the quadrupolar coupling constant, 1 /x and the asymmetry parameter r] are obtained for the '70-nucleus of acetone oriented in four different nematic phases, using the information contained in 'H-and I70-NMR spectra. The absence of a unique intersecting point of these relations shows that the quadrupolar constants differ slightly between polar and apolar nematic phases, while the orientation remains similar. By combination of the experimentally derived relations with predictions from the theory of Townes and Dailey, values for x = 11.15 MHz and r] = 0.47 in polar media and x = 11.35 MHz and = 0.51 in an apolar medium are obtained, which are similar to those found in the gas and solid phases.Introduction. -Direct determination of quadrupolar coupling constants for I7O is usually performed in the solid state by nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) [l-81 or in the gas phase by microwave spectroscopy [9] [lo]. In isotropic liquids, an indirect method based on quadrupolar relaxation yields the quadrupolar coupling constant from the linewidth of the I70-NMR signal, using the asymmetry parameter predicted by theory [ll]. In this work, a method based on the orientation of host molecules by nematic phases is used. This technique has been applied to the I4N-and *H-nuclei [12], but not yet to the '70-nucleus. Knowledge of the quadrupolar coupling constants and the asymmetry parameter gives an insight into the electronic repartition in a molecule and provides a test for the theoretical calculations of molecular orbitals and electric field gradients [13] [14].