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Why fluorine always exhibits oxidation state of -1 ?

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Fluorine is the most electronegative element in the periodic table. So, fluorine cannot show positiv oxidation state. F-atom does not have vacant d-orbitals. Hence, it cannot extend its oxidation state
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