[dumbnoob1010]

Could anyone explain to me the electrical conductivity of:
Buckminsterfullerene(C60) < carbon nanotube?

Also I want to ask if Benzene(solid) conducts electricity? Since it has delocalized electrons(within the benzene ring that are closed packed together).

[DevaDevil]

benzene does not conduct electricity, because the electrons have no way to "hop" from molecule to molecule, and it isn't charged by itself to induce ion flow.
The conductivity of pi-conjugated systems (such as buckeyball and nanotubes) lies indeed in the way that the electrons are delocalized within the molecule and thus you can have electrical flow. As those (buckyball and nanotube) are in essence one large molecule, they conduct electricity along the molecule.

[dumbnoob1010]

benzene does not conduct electricity, because the electrons have no way to "hop" from molecule to molecule, and it isn't charged by itself to induce ion flow.
The conductivity of pi-conjugated systems (such as buckeyball and nanotubes) lies indeed in the way that the electrons are delocalized within the molecule and thus you can have electrical flow. As those (buckyball and nanotube) are in essence one large molecule, they conduct electricity along the molecule.

Thanks for answering.
But I don't quite understand why the delocalized electrons in benzene cannot move as freely as those in C60. The hexagonal face of a C60 molecule is essentially the same as a benzene ring with each C atom having an unhybridized pi electron.

[DevaDevil]

true, but the difference is that between separate benzene molecules, there are no covalent pi-bonds, and between the faces of a fullerene, there are.

[dumbnoob1010]

true, but the difference is that between separate benzene molecules, there are no covalent pi-bonds, and between the faces of a fullerene, there are.

Thanks.