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Explain why `TiCl_3` is coloured but `TiCl_4` is colourless ?

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`Ti` has electrónic configuration : `[Ar]^(18) 3d^2 4s^2`

With one electron in 3d-Subshell in `Ti^(3+)`, d-d transitions are possible and hence it is coloured with electron 3d-subshell

In `Ti^(4+)`, d-d transitions are not possible and hence it is colourless.
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