Threenewlanthanidephenoxyacetatecomplexeswith1,10-phenanthroline,[Nd(POA)3(phen)]2·2C2H5OH(1),[Eu(POA)3-(phen)]2·2C2H5OH(2)and[Sm(POA)2(DMSO)(phen)]2-(ClO4)2(3)(POA=phenoxyacetate,phen=1,10-phenanthroline,DMSO=dimethylsulfoxide),weresynthesizedandcharacterizedbyelementalanalyses,IR,UV-visandFAB-MSspectra.TheirstructuresweredeterminedbysinglecrystalX-raydiffractionanalysis.Incomplexes1and2,thecarboxlyategroupsarebondedtoLn^3+ioninthreemodes:thechelatingbidentate,thebridgingbidentateandthebridgingtridentate.Incomplex3,thecarboxylategroupsarebondedtoSm^3+iononlyinvolvedinonemode:thebridgingbidentate.Theluminescencebehaviorofcomplex2wasalsostudiedbymeansofemissionspectra.