why is scandium(2) virtually unknown

The electronic configuration of Sc is [Ar]3d14s2. Due to which it exist only in +3 oxidation state. 

When Sc loses its two electron, it forms Sc+2.

Sc+2 has a configuration of [Ar]3d1

As only single electron in d orbital is quite unstable, therefore scandium readily losses the last electron in order to attain noble gas configuration i.e. Sc+3 = [Ar] 

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