Recently, we examined the dehydrogenative coupling reaction of hydrosilane with thiols in the presence of CpFe(CO)2Me (1) and found that (i) the dehydrogenative coupling could be achieved
by the iron complex, (ii) the iron complex served as a catalyst irrespective of the existence of sulfur-containing compounds, and (iii) only silyl thioether was formed and homodehydrogenative
coupling products such as disulfide and disilane were not produced