An ordered monolayer of phthalocyanine on a silver(111) surface reacts with the stoichiometric amount ofcoadsorbed Fe atoms to form iron(II)-phthalocyanine. This surface-confined redox reaction was studied withX-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The formation of iron(II)-phthalocyanine was confirmed by comparison with the directly deposited complex. No side reactionssuch as the coordination of Fe atoms on the peripheral nitrogen atoms of the phthalocyanine molecules wereobserved.