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The title compounds, (C(2)H(6)NO(2))(2)[NbOF(5)], (I), and (C(3)H(8)NO(2))(2)[NbOF(5)].2H(2)O, (II), are built from isolated distorted octahedral [NbOF(5)](2-) complex anions, amino acid cations and water molecules [for (II)]. In the pentafluoridooxidoniobate(V) anions, the Nb and O atoms, and the F atoms in trans positions with respect to the O atoms, are disordered about an inversion centre for both structures. The Nb atoms are shifted from the inversion centres by distances of 0.1455 (1) and 0.1263 (2) A for (I) and (II), respectively. The Nb=O and Nb-F(trans) bond lengths are 1.7952 (3) and 2.0862 (3) A, respectively, for (I), and 1.8037 (7) and 2.0556 (7) A for (II). In the crystal structures, cations and water molecules [for (II)] are linked to the [NbOF(5)](2-) anions via hydrogen bonds. This study demonstrates the possibility of true geometry determination of disordered [NbOF(5)](2-) complex anions in centrosymmetric structures. |