All of the following species would be expected to be able to function a Lewis bases EXCEPT

a. F-
b. O2-
c. OH+
d. H2O
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Lewis bases can donate electrons, as in the case of F^- there are 4 pairs of electrons available for the donation. Now look at the others and see if they can do that.