8.19 Compare the stability of +2 oxidation state for the elements of the first transition series.
According to our observation, except scandium, all other elements of the first row shows +2 oxidation state. On moving from to the number of oxidation states increases but from to number of oxidation states decreases due to a decrease in unpaired electrons. The stability of +2 oxidation state increase on moving from to due to increase in difficulty level of removal of the third electron from d -orbital.