Experimental NMR measurements for 13C chemical shifts of propane molecules encaged in 16-hedral cages of structure II clathrate hydrate were conducted to investigate the effects of guest鈭抙ost interaction of pure propane clathrate on the 13C chemical shifts of propane guests. Experimental 13C NMR measurements revealed that the clathrate hydration of propane reverses the 13C chemical shifts of methyl and methylene carbons in propane guests to gaseous propane at room temperature and atmospheric pressure or isolated propane, suggesting a change in magnetic environment around the propane guest by the clathrate hydration. Inversion of the 13C chemical shifts of propane clathrate suggests that the deshielding effect of the water cage on the methyl carbons of the propane molecule encaged in the 16-hedral cage is greater than that on its methylene carbon.