The conditions and consequence that favours the configuration in a metal complex are: [2025]
(3)
For weak field ligand, , so the fourth electron prefers to overcome the energy barrier and go to , rather than overcoming pairing energy barrier (P) and going to . Hence, for weak field ligand, configuration splits as (high spin complex) in octahedral field. For strong field ligand, configuration splits as (low spin complex) in octahedral field.