Abstract A general and efficient hydrosilylation of aldehydes and ketones into the corresponding alcohols using the well-defined bis (diphenylphosphinoethane) iron dihydride complex as the pre-catalyst is reported using polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) as the reducing silylating agent and sodium tetraethoxyborate [NaB (OEt) 4] as a co-catalyst under visible light irradiation. The low catalyst loadings (0.1–1 mol%), the amount of ...