Question

Question: How many ${}^{\mathbf{13}}\mathit{C}$ NMR signals does ${\mathit{C}}_{\mathbf{60}}$ exhibit?

Short answer

Answer

One signal

Step-by-step solution

C13 NMR spectroscopy

The ${}^{\mathbf{13}}\mathit{C}$NMR spectroscopy is about the carbon atom directly attached to the skeleton and not about the proton attached to it. The ${}^{13}C$NMR is less sensitive than ${}^{1}H$NMR.

C60 or buckminsterfullerene

$C_{60}$is also known as buckminsterfullerene.$C_{60}$ is completely conjugated, but it is not planar, and also, it is not as stable as benzene as it has curvatures in it.

Finding the number of signals

$C_{60}$ would exhibit only one NMR signal because all the carbon atoms present in $C_{60}$ are identical.