Amino acid-lanthanide interactions .2. The X-ray crystal structures of lanthanide and calcium complexes of 1-amino cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid (Acc(6)), [Nd-2(Acc(6))(6)(H2O)(6)](ClO4)(6)center dot(H2O)(6)(1),[Er-2(Acc(6))(4)(H2O)(8)](ClO4)(6)center dot(H2O)(11)(2) and [Ca-5(Acc(6))(12)(H2O)(6)](ClO4)(10)center dot(H2O)(4)(3)

The structures of [Nd-2(Acc(6))(H2O)(6)](ClO4)(6) .(H2O)(6) (1) [Er-2(Acc(6))(4)(H2O)(8)](ClO4)(6) .(H2O)(11) (2) and [Ca-5(Acc(6))(12)(H2O)(6)](ClO4)(10).(H2O)(4) (3) (Acc(6) = 1-aminocyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid) have been determined by X-ray crystallography. The lanthanide complexes 1 and 2 are dimeric in which two lanthanide cations are bridged by four carboxylato groups of Acc(6) molecules. In addition, the neodymium complex (1) features the unidentate coordination of the carboxyl group of an Acc(6) molecule in place of a water molecule in the erbium complex (2). The coordination number in both 1 and 2 is eight. The calcium Acc(6) complex (3) is polymeric; three different calcium environments are observed in the asymmetric unit. Two calcium ions are hexa-coordinated and one is hepta-coordinated. Considerable differences are observed between the solid state structures of Ln(III) and Ca-II complexes of Acc(6). Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd