Question

what is Buckminsterfullerene​

Answer 1

Answer:

Buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene with the formula C₆₀. It has a cage-like fused-ring structure that resembles a soccer ball, made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons, with a carbon atom which has one π bond and two σ bonds at each corner of the shape to create a universal vertex.

Formula: C60

Answer 2

Heya,

Buckminsterfullerene is the allotrope of carbon. It is just like football in shape having 60 vertices each having one carbon atom.

Detailed structure :-

It has 6 membered as well as 5 membered ring .6 membered rings are fused with 6 or 5 membered ring but 5 membered ring are fused only with 5 membered ring.

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Kshitij