Reaction of neodymium nitrate with enantiopure D(–)-citramalic acid (H3citml) in the presence of NaOH under hydrothermal conditions gave the complex {[Nd7(Hcitml)8(NO3)(H2O)8](CO3)2·4H2O}n, which crystallizes as a three-dimensional framework with a complex hexagonal network of channels.
