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The complex formation of uranium(VI) with salicylhydroxamic, benzohydroxamic, and benzoic acid was investigated by time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS). We observed in all three systems a decrease in the fluorescence intensity with increasing ligand concentration. All identified complexed uranyl species are of the type MpLqHr. In the uranium(VI)-salicylhydroxamate system a 1:1 complex with a stability constant of log β111 = 17.34 ± 0.06 and a 1:2 complex with a stability constant of log β122 = 35.0 ± 0.11 was identified. Also in the uranium(VI)-benzohydroxamate system the stability constants are determined to be log β110 = 7.92 ± 0.11 and log β120 = 16.88 ± 0.49. In the uranium(VI)-benzoate system only a 1:1 complex is existent with a stability constant of log β110 = 3.56 ± 0.05.