What is the Jahn-Teller distortion, and which metal complexes exhibit it?
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It arises from the degeneracy of electronic states in a molecule, leading to a lowering of the overall energy of the system when the geometry is distorted. This distortion typically involves elongation or compression of certain bonds in the complex. Show more…
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