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;H 2 N-CH 2 -CH 2 -NH 2 )
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There is unsymmetric filling of e g subset of Cu +2 ion, while there is symmetrical distribution in t 2g set, if the complex has same ligand there will be equal repulsion which leads to symmetrical bond length along t 2g , but due to uneven filling of electron in e g subset, either octahedral will be elongated or compressed.
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