N‐Methylnitrilotriacetamide, C7H14N4O3

The title compound is one of the possible chelating ligands used in our study of metal complexes with the various derivatives of amidated nitrilotriacetic acid. The molecules fonn a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network utilizing the O and NH 2 atoms from the amide groups. The lengths of the hydrogen bonds vary from 2.81 to 2.98 A