“…The calculated C-O bond distances of the carboxylate groups from the complex are similar with those of the free ligand (around 132.5 pm) (Tables 1 and 2), value which could confirm that they are involved in hydrogen bonds formation [71,86,89,90]. Moreover, a p-electron delocalization between the lanthanum ion and the carboxylate groups, which take part in La(III)-HAOA binding formation [48,54,55,[72][73][74], should be possible. Because of the carboxylate groups presence, the HAOA works as a p-acceptor ligand [75,83].…”