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प्रश्न
Give a reason for the following:
Transition metals possess a great tendency to form complex compounds.
उत्तर
Transition metals produce several coordination complexes for the reasons listed below:
- Transition metal ions have small sizes and a high charge density.
- The presence of vacant d-orbitals of sufficient energy that can accept lone pairs of electrons given by other groups.
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