[en] We have recently examined the complexation properties of aminomethylenebis(phosphonic acids) towards selected trivalent metal ions, and have found that they form highly stable complexes with these oxophilic metal centers. These metal complexes were found resistant to metal ion dissociation in acidic media and present in aqueous solution as both 1:1 and 1:2 (metal ion:ligand, M:L) species. The uranyl ion, although structurally different from simple M³⁺ ions because of its linear geometry, possesses a similar +3 to +4 charge at the metal center. Because of the high positive charge on uranium in the ion UO₂²⁺, and because of the potential capacity of the axial oxygens on this ion to form intramolecular hydrogen bonds with a proton on the ligand, there is a good possibility that the uranyl ion will form stable complexes having 1:1,1:2 and 1:3 (M:L) stoichometries with aminomethylenebis(phosphonates) as ligand. There is considerable precedent that a phosphonate group will form strong complexes with the UO₂,²⁺ ion, and there is the additional possibility that the amino moiety on these ligands will provide further selectivity for complexation via hydrogen bonding. Furthermore, these ligands are simple and inexpensive to synthesize, thus making them potentially useful for application in large scale batch separation processes. To test these concepts, we have measured the stability and protonation constants of the different complexes formed in aqueous solution. From this data we can evaluate the potential for compounds of this type to be useful as uranyl ion sequestering agents