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Explain why fluorine forms only, one oxo - acid, HOF?

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In fluorine d - orbitals are absent so it shows only `-1` oxidation state in oxo - acid, but not `+3, +5 or +7`. That.s why unlike other members (halogens) fluorine only forms :
One oxo - acid HOF and not other like `HOFO`, `HOFO_(2) and `HOFO_(3)`.
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