ansa-Metallocene derivative (eta(5)-Gaz)(2)Ca(THF)(2) (1) (Gaz = 1,4-dimethyl-7-isopropyl-azulene) was synthesized by the reaction of CaI2(THF)(2) with two equivalents of potassium and two equivalents of guaiazulene in THE The ytterbium analog ansa-(eta(5)-Gaz)(2)Yb(THF)(2) (2a) was synthesized by the reduction of guaiazulene with ytterbium naphthalenide in THE The recrystallization of 2a from pyridine leads to the exchange of the coordinated solvent molecules and gives ansa-(eta(5)-Gaz)(2)Yb(NC5H5)(2) (2b). The molecular structures of 1, 2a, and 2b were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystals of 1, 2a, and 2c consist of a racemic mixture of both R,R- and S,S-enantiomers. The calcium and ytterbium atoms eta(5)-coordinate the five-membered rings of the guaiazulene ligands. The H-1 NMR spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction data unambiguously confirm the exclusive formation of C-2-symmetric ansa-metallocenes in these reactions. The reaction of compound 1 with Me3SiCl in THF occurs with retention of the C-C bond between two guaiazulene moieties and affords bis(1,4-dimethyl-3-trimethylsilyl-7-isopropylazulene) (3) in high yield.