Explain why Chromate and dichromate anions are colored.
oxidation state of Cr in chromate [CrO4]2- is +6
if you write the electronic configuration d orbitals in Cr does not have electrons
The color is due to what is known as ligand to metal charge transfer (LMCT) an electron from a lone pair on an
oxygen absorbs a photon and is promoted to an empty d orbital on Cr
These transitions are strongly allowed, but the maximum of the absorption is in the UV and only part of the
absorption band tails into the violet/blue region of the visible spectrum and we see the complementary color of
yellow
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