Heteronuclear solid-state magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR experiments for probing N-15-O-17 dipolar and J couplings are presented for [H-2(NH3),1-C-13,N-15,O-17(2)]glycine center dot(HCl)-H-2 and [N-15(2), O-17(2)]uracil. Two-dimensional N-15-O-17 correlation spectra are obtained using the R-3-HMQC experiment; for glycine center dot(HCl)-H-2, the intensity of the resolved peaks for the C=O and C-(OH)-H-2 O-17 resonances corresponds to the relative magnitude of the respective N-15-O-17 dipolar couplings. O-17-N-15 REDOR curves are presented for glycine center dot(HCl)-H-2; fits of the initial buildup (Delta S/S