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Explain why fluorine forms only one oxoacid, HOF.

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Flourine forms only one oxoacid, HOF, in which the oxidation state of `F` is `+1`.

Due to absence of d-orbitals in its valence shell, F cannot show higher positive states of `+3`,`+5` and `+7` hence F does not form higher oxoacids.
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