Chlorido(2-imino­methyl-3-fluoro­phenyl-κ(2) C (1),N)tris­(trimethyl­phos­phane-κP)iron

The title compound, [Fe(C(7)H(5)FN)Cl(C(3)H(9)P)(3)], was obtained as a product of the reaction of [Fe(Me(3)P)(4)] with a molar equivalent of (2-chloro-6-fluoro­phen­yl)methanimine in diethyl ether. This compound is sensitive to air, and rapidly decomposes when exposed to air for a few minutes. The Fe atom has an octa­hedral coordination geometry in which the bidentate fluoro­phenyl methanimine ligand forms the equatorial plane with the Cl atom and one of the trimethyl­phosphane ligands. The other two trimethyl­phosphane ligands are located in the axial positions. In the crystal, an N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bond occurs.