Electric Field Gradients at Copper Sites in the High $T_c$ Superconductor $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-x}$

Quadrupole coupling constants of $^{63}$CU in the high $T_c$ superconductor $YBa_2Cu_3O_7_{-x}$, as determined by NQR or NMR studies, are compared with the values for representative Cu(Ⅱ) complexes determined by analyzing the forbidden lines in their EPR spectra. It is shown that the two NQR lines at 22 and 31 MHz correpsond to the quadrupole coupling constants of a square planar Cu(Ⅱ) complex and a square pyramidal Cu(Ⅱ) complex, respectively.t This result is in agreement with the assignment of these lines to Cu(1) and Cu(2) sites in YBCO based on the NMR spectra of oriented single crystals.