Multiple choice

Fullerene is made up of carbon only. Its structure is

  1. linear [one dimensional].

  2. planar [two-dimensional].

  3. such that all the faces are hexagonal in 3-dimensional arrangement.

  4. such that some faces are hexagonal while others are pentagonal in the 3-dimensional arrangement.
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Explanation

Buckminsterfullerene is the smallest fullerene molecule containing pentagonal and hexagonal rings in which no two pentagons share an edge forming 3-dimensional arrangement.

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