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The title compound, [FeCl(C44H8F20N4)]·0.57C7H8, was structurally characterized in an attempt to relate molecular structure properties with oxidative catalytic and high-affinity ligand-binding properties. Although F-atom substitution causes dramatic perturbation of iron porphyrin electronic properties, structural parameters resemble those of the non-fluorine substituted compound.