JEE Main Chemistry question

The catalytic activity of transition metals and their compounds is ascribed mainly to:

(A)Their magnetic behavior
(B)Their unfilled -orbitals
(C)Their ability to adopt variable oxidation statesCorrect
(D)Their chemical reactivity

Answer: (C)

Solution

Transition metals readily interconvert between several accessible oxidation states, allowing them to form unstable intermediate complexes/species with

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