The static NMR and magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR experiments on ^1^7^1Yb in YbCl~2 in solid state are reported. The NMR parameters, such as the principal components of the chemical shift (δ~i~s~o, δ ^/^/, δ^⊥), the spin-lattice relaxation time and the parallel and perpendicular components (T~1, T~1^/^/, T~1^⊥) were determined in the solid state and the transverse relaxation time (T~2) was obtained from the natural line width (ν~1~/~2). The absolute average (σ ~i~s~o/10^-^3), diamagnetic (σ~i~s~o^d/10^-^2) and paramagnetic (-σ ~i~s~o^p/10^3), shielding constants of ^1^7^1Yb are 6.027/10^-^3, 1. 1919 and 5.8917 in YbCl~2; 5.9842, 1.2316 and 6.3218 in KYbI~3; 5.9592, 1.2346 and 6.3868 in RbYbI~3, and 5.9259, 1.2382 and 6.4561 in CsYbI~3, respectively. The relationships between the structure and the NMR shielding components are also discussed.

Key words: YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS, CHLORIDE, IODIDE, YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS, ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS, CESIUM COMPOUNDS, RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS, POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS, CHEMICAL SHIFT, ANISOTROPY