It's probably happier that way, honestly. Like how fluorine is an insanely reactive species, and fluoride is pretty chill. Like he says, all those fluorine nucl

It's probably happier that way, honestly. Like how fluorine is an insanely reactive species, and fluoride is pretty chill. Like he says, all those fluorine nuclei are pulling the electrons in the C-F bonds waaaay over to their side, leaving the inside of the molecule relatively positive. Think of the hydrogen bonding you see between water molecules, but on steroids.