Willauer, Aurelien R.Dabrowska, Anna M.Scopelliti, RosarioMazzanti, Marinella2020-08-202020-08-202020-08-202020-08-1410.1039/d0cc04197ahttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/170951WOS:000556118100007The first metallasilsesquioxane of a divalent lanthanide, [Yb{Cy7Si7O11(OSiMe3)}(THF)](2),1, was synthesized and structurally characterized. The Cy7Si7O11(OSiMe3)(2-)ligands in1bind two Yb(ii) ions in a bridging mode. The dinuclear complex effects the two-electron reduction of azobenzene yielding the Yb(iii) complex [{Yb(Cy7Si7O11(OSiMe3))(THF)(2)}(2)(PhNNPh)],2, and the CO(2)reduction to CO and carbonate.Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryChemistryreductive disproportionationelectron-transfercomplexessamariumchemistryazobenzenetrivalentligandsco2silsesquioxanestext::journal::journal article::research article