Ritvik Gautam
Last Activity: 14 Years ago
The number of sigma bonds in C60 will be 180 sigma bonds.
Since all the carbon atoms are in a ring. so every carbon atom is attached to two other carbon atoms. Also, every carbon atom is attached with two hydrogen atoms.
In a way, C60 can be represented as
(C-)60 with two hydrogen atoms attached to every carbon atom. That means, every carbon atoms has three sigma bonds and there are 60 carbon atoms in all.
So,
Total Number Of Carbon Atoms = No. Of Sigma Bonds in a single carbon atom x Total number of carbon atoms
= 3 x 60
= 180 sigma bonds.