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Transition metal complexes have colour because the ligands bonding to the central metal atom or ion cause the d-orbitals to have different energies, that is, they are no longe â¦ r degenerate.In octahedral complexes, the dx2-y2 and the dz2 orbitals are higher in energy than the dxy, dxz and the dyz orbitals.ransition metal complexes have colour because the ligands bonding to the central metal atom or ion cause the d-orbitals to have different energies, that is, they are no longe â¦ r degenerate.
The chemical and physical properties of the transition metals are closely linked to the. presence of ns electrons outside the (n â 1)d orbitals; although transition metals have dif-. ferent numbers of d electrons, they all have either 1 or 2 ns electrons in the valence shell. As a result, transition metals show great similarity in physical and chemical properties.