For Bucky ball or Buck minister fullerene, which option is incorrect :

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It has 12 hexagons and 20 pentagons.

It has ${sp}^{2}$ hybridized nature & resembles with soccer ball.

An allotrope of carbon.

It is referred as $C - 60$

answer is D.

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Buck minister fullerene also called as bulky ball or C₆₀. It looks like a football or a soccer ball. It is called C₆₀ because it has 60 carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal and pentagonal configurations. There are 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons. All carbon atoms in fullerene is sp² hybridized, and the number of sigma and double bonds are 60 and 30 respectively.

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