Reduction of Cp Me 3 Ln(THF), 1-Ln (Ln = La and Gd; Cp Me = C 5 H 4 Me), with KC 8 in the presence of 2.2.2-cryptand (crypt) generates dark solutions, 2-Ln, with EPR spectra consistent with Ln(II) complexes: an eight-line hyperfine pattern for La at g = 1.971 and a broad single line for Gd at g = 1.988. The solutions decompose within minutes, and in the La system, a decomposition product was isolated in which a molecule of THF had been reduced by two electrons and ring-opened to generate an alkoxyalkyl-bridged bimetallic La(III) complex, [K(crypt)] 2 -[(Cp Me 3 La) 2 (μ-OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 )], 3-La. An analogous Pr complex, 3-Pr, was also crystallographically characterized. Since decomposition products were not readily isolated from the analogous yttrium Cp Me 3 Y(THF)/KC 8 /crypt reaction, the composition of the solution of 2-Y was probed by addition of the hydrogen delivery reagent, PhSiH 3 , which had previously been reported to form U(III) hydrides from tris(cyclopentadienyl) U(II) complexes. This generated an Y(III) silyl complex, [K(crypt)][Cp Me 3 Y(SiH 2 Ph)], 4, in addition to a hydride product, [K(crypt)][(Cp Me 3 Y) 2 (μ-H)], 5. The retention of three Cp Me ligands per metal in 3-Ln, 4, and 5 is consistent with the presence of a (Cp Me 3 Ln) 1− species in 2-Ln.