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OF(2) should be called oxygen difluoride...

`OF_(2)` should be called oxygen difluoride and not fluorine oxide. Explain.

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Fluorine is more electronegative (4.0) than oxygen (3.5). While naming a compound, electropositive element is named first followed by electronegative element Hence, the compound `OF_(2)` is called a oxygen difluoride.
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