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The complex forming ability of a transition metal depends upon 

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a

high ionisation potential

b

small size of cation or high charge density

c

Both 1 and 3

d

availability of vacant d-orbital

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

The transition metals have a high tendency to form complex compounds because of the following  factors 

  • Cationic size of metals is small
  • High charge density
  • They have partially filled d-orbitals so they can accept lone pairs of electrons from ligands and group while forming complexes.
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