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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; $\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{~N}_{-} \mathrm{CH}_{2}-\mathrm{CH}_{2}-\mathrm{NH}_{2}$)

$\left[\mathrm{Cu}\left(\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}\right)_{6}\right] \mathrm{SO}_{4}$
$\left[\mathrm{Cu}(\mathrm{en})\left(\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}\right)_{4}\right] \mathrm{SO}_{4}$
cis-$\left[\mathrm{Cu}\left(\mathrm{en})_{2} \mathrm{Cl}_{2}\right]\right.$
trans-$\left[\mathrm{Cu}\left(\mathrm{en})_{2} \mathrm{Cl}_{2}\right]\right.$

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