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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; H2NCH2CH2NH2

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a

 cis- Cu(en)2Cl2

b

 trans- Cu(en)2Cl2

c

Cu(en)H2O4SO4

d

CuH2O6SO4

answer is A.

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The complexes in which the metal ion have a unsymmetrical eg or t2​g orbital shows Jahn-taller distortions. In the complex [Cu(H2​O)6​]2+ the configuration is  t2​g6eg3 i.e eg orbital is unsymmetrical and hence will show Jahn-Taller distortions.

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