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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…

JEE Main 2022 — Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry

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Octahedral complexes of copper (II)(\mathrm{II})(II) undergo structural distortion (Jahn-Teller). Which one of the given copper (II)(\mathrm{II})(II) complexes will show the maximum structural distortion?

(en-ethylenediamine; H2N−CH2−CH2−NH2{H}_{2}N-{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}-{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}-{\mathrm{NH}}_{2}H2​N−CH2​−CH2​−NH2​)

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Held on 29 Jul 2022 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

Options

  1. A

    [Cu(H2O)6]SO4[\mathrm{Cu}{({H}_{2}O)}_{6}]{\mathrm{SO}}_{4}[Cu(H2​O)6​]SO4​

  2. B

    [Cu(en)(H2O)4]SO4[\mathrm{Cu}(\mathrm{en}){({H}_{2}O)}_{4}]{\mathrm{SO}}_{4}[Cu(en)(H2​O)4​]SO4​

  3. C

    cis-[Cu(en)2Cl2][\mathrm{Cu}{(\mathrm{en})}_{2}{\mathrm{Cl}}_{2}][Cu(en)2​Cl2​]

  4. D

    trans-[Cu(en)2Cl2][\mathrm{Cu}{(\mathrm{en})}_{2}{\mathrm{Cl}}_{2}][Cu(en)2​Cl2​]

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