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Because fluorine has greater electronegativity than oxygen.

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Oxygen typically has a negative charge when it forms ions, such as in the case of the oxide ion (O2-). In its neutral state, oxygen atoms do not have a net charge.


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What type of bond is individually weakest?

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Fluorine is the most electronegative element therefore when it forms bonds with another element the electrons are?

more likely to be pulled towards the fluorine atom. This results in a polar covalent bond, with the fluorine atom having a partial negative charge and the other element having a partial positive charge.


Why are compound salts of the hypofluorite ion unable to be synthesized?

Hypo fluorite O-F is not possible because the electronegativity of fluorine is higher than oxygen and oxygen with fluorine should be positive , if oxygen is positive then hydrogen or any other positive ion can not attached to oxygen so hypfluorite is not possible.