The tautomerism of 5,6-dinitrobenzotriazole changes between solution and solid-state.
GIAO/B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) + PCM calculations are necessary to obtain good chemical shifts.
Hydrated 5,6-dinitrobenzotriazole affords acceptable calculated solid-state chemical shifts.
A model for the anhydrous pseudopolymorph was built up using NMR crystallography.