theimperiousdork wrote:
Granted; said molecule dissociates, since oxygen can never be a cation; you get, however,...
[Yes you can. If an element with a higher electronegativity than oxygen existed, then that is what it would do. Coincidentally, fluorine happens to be exactly that element and oxygen difluoride can ignite methane (explosively) at temperatures below -180. Another exotic compound to flee is chlorine trifluoride, reacts with, "...cloth, wood, and
test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively."
Granted. Everyone wants to look at it.
I wish for chlorine trifluoride and a few kilograms of asbestos.