Octahedral complexes of copper (II) undergo structural distortion (Jahn-Teller). Which one of the given copper (II) complexes will show the maximum structural distortion?
(en-ethylenediamine; 
)
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There is unsymmetric filling of 
subset of 
ion, while there is symmetrical distribution in 
set, if the complex has same ligand there will be equal repulsion which leads to symmetrical bond length along 
, but due to uneven filling of electron in 
subset, either octahedral will be elongated or compressed.
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