Question

Complexes containing metals with d10 electron configurations are typically colorless because ________. Complexes containing metals with d10 electron configurations are typically colorless because ________. d electrons must be emitted by the complex in order for it to appear colored there are no d electrons to form bonds to ligands a complex must be charged to be colored there is no d electron that can be promoted via the absorption of visible light the empty d orbitals absorb all of the visible wavelengths

Answer 1

there is no d electron that can be promoted via the absorption of visible light

Step-by-step explanation:

One of the properties of transition elements is the possession of incompletely filled d orbitals. This property accounts for their unique colours.

The colours of transition metal compounds stem from d-d transition of electrons due to the presence of vacant d orbitals of appropriate energy to which electrons could be promoted.

For elements whose atoms have a d10 configuration, such vacant orbitals does not exist hence their compounds are not colored.

Sometimes, the colour of transition metal compounds stem from ligand to metal charge transfer(LMCT) for instance in KMnO4.