Hi everyone,
I was wondering if there is a package for the drawing of chemical formulas. I am currently using mhchem but this only allows the user to write the formula, but not to draw the structure of the molecule. So there is no misunderstanding I attached a picture that shows what I would like to be able to do.
Thanks for reading,
Matthias
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Chemical structural Formulas
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Chemical structural Formulas
Try chemfig. It is based on PGF/tikZ.
For detailed descriptions of the capabilities and usage please refer to the package manual. You may combine the package with the very useful chemmacros.
Thorsten
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\setdoublesep{0.35700 em} % 'Bond Spacing'
\setatomsep{1.78500 em} % 'Fixed Length'
\setbondoffset{0.18265 em} % 'Margin Width'
\newcommand{\bondwidth}{0.06642 em} % 'Line Width'
\setbondstyle{line width = \bondwidth}
\begin{document}
\chemfig{*6(=(-NO_2)-=-(-CH_3)=-)}
\end{document}
Thorsten
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Re: Chemical structural Formulas
Looks really neat and since I am currently trying to work my way through the tikz manual, I think it can be really beneficial that it is based on tikz.
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!