The chemoselective hydrosilylation of olefins and ketones catalyzed by Fe and Co complexes bearing an iminobipyridine derivative ligand was investigated. The reaction of a 1 : 1 mixture of styrene and acetophenone over the Fe catalyst achieved selective hydrosilylation of acetophenone. In contrast, the corresponding Co complex showed the opposite selectivitystyrene-selective hydrosilylation. The reaction of 3-acetylstyrene with both olefin and ketone moieties in the molecule showed that the Co complex catalyzed olefin-selective hydrosilylation. In contrast, the addition of pyridine to the Co-catalyzed system showed the opposite chemoselectivity, affording the ketone hydrosilylated product. The chemoselectivity of olefin/ketone hydrosilylation was switched by replacing the central metal of the complex with the iminobipyridine derivative ligand and by changing the simple reaction conditions (absence or presence of pyridine) using an identical Co complex.Hydrosilylation is widely used to obtain organosilane compounds, and many catalysts for hydrosilylation have been developed to date. Recent studies in this field involve the development of catalysts that facilitate hydrosilylation at olefin or carbonyl moieties while excluding other functional groups, such as halides and hydroxy groups from the reaction. These chemoselective hydrosilylation reactions have been reported for olefin bearing halogen, [1,2,[3][4][5][6] hydroxy, [4,7] carbonyl, [3,[7][8][9] epoxy, [1,3,5,7,10] amino, [1,3,6,11] and sulfide [5,12] substituents. Hydrosilylation reactions of unsaturated organic compounds such as olefins and ketones (aldehydes) are commonly and widely used in the industry. However, the chemoselective hydrosilylation of olefins and ketones is challenging. For compounds containing both olefin and ketone moieties, several reactions have demonstrated olefin [1,[7][8][9] and ketone selectivity [13] . To exhibit selectivity, each catalyst has its own distinctive ligand; however, catalysts with selectivity for olefin/ketone hydrosilylation that can be converted by simply changing the reaction conditions have not been reported to date.Recently, iron complexes with an iminobipyridine derivative ligand (Figure 1) have been reported to exhibit high catalytic activity for hydrosilylation of olefin [14] and ketone [15] with a much higher catalytic activity for ketone than that for olefin. [15] In addition, the addition of pyridine to the iron-catalyzed system accelerated ketone hydrosilylation, whereas it suppressed the olefin hydrosilylation. [15] These results suggest that a transition metal complex with higher catalytic activity for olefins than that for ketones could be developed. Moreover, the catalytic activity for ketones could be enhanced and that for olefins suppressed by the addition of a pyridine, similar to the iron system. Moreover, the chemoselectivity of olefin/ketone hydrosilylation could be switched by the simple addition of pyridine using the same catalyst.This paper reports (i) the preparation of novel Co complexes be...