This effect is observed in inorganic ion complexes, such as the hexaquacopper(II) complex.
This effect is observed in inorganic ion complexes, such as the hexaquacopper(II) complex. It might be thought that the ligands would occupy equidistant positions from the central copper atom in an octahedral shape. However, the octahedron is distorted with four ligands in a square and two opposite ligands further away. This distortion is thought to split degenerate energy levels. Purported by two scientists in 1937, FTP, identify this effect that states that if the structure of a nonlinear molecule has degenerate orbitals, the shape is distorted in order to raise the degeneracy.
This effect is observed in inorganic ion complexes, such as the hexaquacopper(II) complex.
{Jahn-Teller} effect