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Consider the octahedral crystal fields below:
Cr3+ High-spin Cr2+ Cu2+ Low spin Co3+
a) determine which metal ions would be expected to undergo Jahn-Teller distortion (maybe more than 1 answer)
b) determine which metal ions from part a will be diamagnetic (maybe more than 1 answer)
c) [Cr(NH3)6]3+ is orange and [Cr(NH3)5Cl]3+ is violet. Using a color wheel with nm values, explain what this observation tells you about the octahedral splitting of these complexes