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Why does having a low amount of electrons in the valence shell make an element reactive?

April 26, 2017electrons element low reactive Shell valence

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Why does having a low amount of electrons in the valence shell make an element reactive?

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This also applies to elements with a lot of valence shell electrons, such as fluorine which only needs one more electron to fulfill the octet rule. This is another element that will react with almost anything because it doesn’t take much for it to “get what it wants”.