Abstract: | The asymmetric unit of the title compound, InNa(C3H5O3)4]n, consists of one InIII ion, one NaI ion and four crystallographically independent l ‐lactate monoanions. The coordination of the InIII ion is composed of five carboxylate O and two hydroxy O atoms in a distorted pentagonal–bipyramidal coordination geometry. The NaI ion is six‐coordinated by four carboxylate O atoms and two hydroxy O atoms from four l ‐lactate ligands in a distorted octahedral geometry. Each InIII ion is coordinated by four surrounding l ‐lactate ligands to form an In(l ‐lactate)4]− unit, which is further linked by NaI ions through Na—O bonds to give a two‐dimensional layered structure. Hydrogen bonds between the hydroxy groups and carboxylate O atoms are observed between neighbouring layers. |