Would you expect salts of the gold(i) ion, au+, to be colored? explain.

No. Au⁺ has a complete 5d sublevel.

Explanation:

The color of the transition metal/ion arises due to d-d transition which means that when energy of certain frequency is passed though the solution of the transition metal ions, the electrons of the d orbital gain some energy and goes to higher energy level. The energy absorbed lies in the visible region and thus they are appeared colored.

The electronic configuration of Au is:

1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d¹⁰4s²4p⁶4d¹⁰5s²5p⁶4f¹⁴5d¹⁰6s¹

If the gold atom looses one electron, then the electronic configuration is:

1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d¹⁰4s²4p⁶4d¹⁰5s²5p⁶4f¹⁴5d¹⁰

Hence, in the configuration, the 5d orbital is full filled and there is no scope for d-d transition.

Thus, there will Au⁺ will not be colored.

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