New water‐soluble peroxo complexes of niobium(V) with polyaminocarboxylic acids (PAC) have been prepared and characterized by IR and NMR (1H, 13C, 15N) spectroscopy, as well as by thermal analysis. The synthesis in presence of excess H2O2 leads to the oxidation of the nitrogen atoms of the PAC ligand into N‐oxide groups. The compounds obtained correspond to the general formula (AI)3[Nb(O2)2(LO2)]·xH2O·yH2O2 [AI = NH4+ or CN3H6+ (gu) and L = edta, pdta] in which H4LO2 refers to the bis(N‐oxide) derivative of the PAC ligand. The crystal structures of the guanidinium derivatives of the (edta)‐ and (pdta)Nb complexes have been determined, both showing an eight‐coordinate Nb atom with two bidentate peroxo ligands and a quadridentate PAC bis(N‐oxido) ligand, resulting in a distorted dodecahedral geometry. The structure of the guanidinium derivative of the edta bis(N‐oxido) ligand is also described. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)