OF2 should be called as oxygen difluoride not fluorine oxide

1.	OF2 should be called as oxygen difluoride not fluorine oxide
Answer» CASE the most electronegative ELEMENT isFluorine, so the COMPOUND innamed as a fluoride. ... Fluorineis more electronegative thanOxygen. HENCE the oxidation state of F is -1 whereas O has an oxidation state of +2 in OF2. So it is a Fluoride rather than an Oxide.

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