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Typing CO_2 easily

I'm writing my dissertation and that involves typing a lot of $\mathrm{CO_2}$. I'd like to make a macro for it that's a lot easier to type, but if I put \newcommand{\co2}{\mathrm{CO_2}}, for example, it gives me the error that \mathrm can only be…
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Do a chemical notation of an element

So, at school (outside the US) our teacher has given us this type of chemical notation: Where Ar is the relative atomic mass, Z atomic number, p protons, n neutrons. Example: UPDATE: I want to make a macro out of it, but there's a porblem with…
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Type-setting quadruple bonds in LaTeX

How does one typeset quadruple bonds in LaTeX? I've tried several things: Vertically stacking equal signs, putting lines in tables, etc. Single up to tripple bonds is easy (by using the chemfig package,…
juggler
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drawing electron configuration (high and low spin)

How does I create an image like the one shown under this text directly in the LaTeX document? I have tried with TikZ, but I can only make boxes with the arrows inside, and not exactly like the image. I have to draw how the electrons are distributed…
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Which package should I use for chemical formula Na₂Mn₃(SO₄)₄?

I exported a BibTeX file from the journal's website, and in the title, there was a chemical formula written like this Na2Mn3(SO4)4 I copied and pasted the content of BibTeX file to my reference.bib file…
Binh Thien
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How to draw structures from SMILES using LaTeX?

the SMILES structural formula is quite widely used in chemists, especially in the calculational chemists. However, it is not supported to draw a bond-line structure from SMILES code directly by TeX with the existing packages. e.g. the command…
Roseleaves Wu
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Putting chemfig reactions in a circle

A while back, I had a teacher that gave us organic chemistry reaction summaries e.g. suppose the topic was benzene, the summary looked like this: I was wondering if this would be possible to replicate in LaTeX. I've started looking into chemfig,…
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Box and arrow notation of writing electron configuration

image source: https://opentextbc.ca/ I write the electron configurations like 1s2 2s2 2p6, but not able to draw the box and arrow notations. $\mathrm{N} \quad 1 s^{2} 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 p^{3} \quad$ $\mathrm{O} \quad 1 s^{2} 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2…
user241506
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"3-way" reaction in LaTeX

I would like to write an equation with three different states, does anyone know how to do this?
Rebecca Wenokor
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Trying to number compounds from ChemDraw

I'm new to LaTeX and have been trying to solve this for a few hours now. Hi everyone - I'm new to LaTeX and have been trying to solve this for a few hours now. I'm trying to transfer compounds made in ChemDraw (that I've exported as .eps files) into…
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Chemistry in Latex

I use the texmaker editor to write latex. To write chemistry formulas, what extension do you recommend? I downloaded it from Miktex that have a lot. Thanks
Guillemus Callelus
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How to represent a chemical reaction network

What is the simplest way to represent a reaction network using LaTeX? An example of a reaction network is shown below:
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I want to improve periodic table, which I found on the internet

I want to improve this periodic table -- I want to add electronegativity. I can fill in these in code, but I don't know how to add this is…
Michał Szymankiewicz
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can I write this configuration for valence bond theory in latex?

It would be really helpful if someone could tell me how to write this electronic configuration in LaTeX.
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Drawing a chemical molecule structure

Being a mechanical engineer I never had the necessity to draw chemical formulas/molecule structures in LaTeX, but now I have to draw the structure of Polyethylene glycol. So I was looking at examples of how to use chemfig and doing the chain was…
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