Polymeric aqua(nitrilotriacetato)erbium(III)

In the structure of the title compound, Er(C₆H₆NO₆)(H₂O)]_n, the Er atoms are eight‐coordinated by one N atom and six O atoms from three symmetry‐related nitrilo­tri­acetate (NTA) ligands, and by one O atom of a water mol­ecule, adopting a distorted square‐antiprismatic geometry. The Er atoms are linked by the NTA ligands into layers, which are interconnected via O—H?O hydrogen bonds between the water mol­ecules and the carboxyl­ate O atoms. The asymmetric unit contains one Er atom, one NTA ligand and one water mol­ecule, all of which are located in general positions.