Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 23 - Transition Metals Chemistry and Coordination Compounds - Questions & Problems - Page 1021: 23.6

Answer

Transition metals can have many unpaired electrons

Work Step by Step

Due to the fact that 4s electrons are ionized first as well as the fact that effective nuclear charge doesn't change as much in d-block elements, they have many oxidation states.
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