adpH2) and trans,trans-muconic (trans,trans-hexa-2,4-diene-1,6dicarboxylic, mucH2) acids have been reacted with uranyl cations under solvo-hydrothermal conditions, yielding nine homo-or heterometallic complexes displaying in their crystal structure the effects of the different flexibility of the ligands. The complexes [PPh4]2[(UO2)2(adp)3] (1) and [Ni(bipy)3][(UO2)2(muc)3]5H2O (2), where bipy is 2,2ʹ-bipyridine, crystallize as diperiodic networks with hcb topology, the layers being strongly puckered or quasiplanar, respectively. Whereas [(UO2)2(adp)3Ni(cyclam)]2H2O (3), where cyclam is 1,4,8,11tetraazacyclotetradecane, crystallizes as a diperiodic network, [(UO2)2(muc)3Ni(cyclam)]2H2O (4), is a triperiodic framework in which the Ni II cations are introduced as pillars within a uranyl-muc 2framework with mog topology.[UO2(adp)(HCOO)2Cu(R,S-Me6cyclam)]2H2O (5), where R,S-Me6cyclam is 7(R),14(S)-5,5,7,12,12,14hexamethylcyclam, is a diperiodic assembly with sql topology, and it crystallizes together with [H2NMe2]2[(UO2)2(adp)3] (6), a highly corrugated hcb network with a square-wave profile, which displays threefold parallel interpenetration. In contrast, [(UO2)3(muc)2(O)2Cu(R,S-Me6cyclam)] ( 7) is a diperiodic assembly containing hexanuclear, 3-oxido-bridged secondary building units which are the nodes of a network with hxl topology. The two related complexes [PPh3Me]2[(UO2)2(adp)3]4H2O (8) and [PPh3Me]2[(UO2)2(muc)3]H2O (9) crystallize as hcb networks, but their different shapes, undulated or quasi-planar, respectively, result in different entanglements, twofold parallel interpenetration in 8 and twofold inclined 2D 3D polycatenation in 9.