Herein we report the analysis of the porosity of a family of MBioFs with formula [Cu 2 (μ 3 -ade) 2 (μ-OOCCH 3 ) 2 ] n (compound 1), [Cu 2 (μ 3 -ade) 2 (μ-OOCCH 2 CH 3 ) 2 ] n (compound 2) and [Cu 2 (μ 3 -ade) 2 (μ-OOC(CH 2 ) 2 CH 3 ) 2 ] n (compound 3) [ade = adeninato], by means of the measurements of N 2 (77 K), CO 2 (273 K) and H 2 (77 K) experimental adsorption isotherms. The experimental results for each adsorptive species show that the uptake capacity decreases on increasing the length of the aliphatic chain of the carboxylato ligand. Although, in general, all compounds show a moderate experimental uptake capacity, the amount of CO 2 adsorbed in compound 1 exceeds the values reported for many other wellknown MOFs, which is related to the presence of the Watson-Crick face in the pore wall. The experimental data of all compounds is discussed on the basis of simulated isotherms computed from grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) calculations. To assess the suitability of pores decorated by the [a]