How to write chemical formulae

Simple chemical notation

For simple chemical notation, you can using the via the x^2y button in the toolbar. All details here.

More complex chemical notation

Go to your article's Data folder from the toolbar and add a file called header.tex with the following line in it:

\newcommand*\chem[1]{\ensuremath{\mathrm{#1}}}

Then, go back to the article view, insert a LaTeX snippet and type some chemical formulae, for example:

For simple chemical notation, you can using the via the `x^2y` button in the toolbar. All details [here](https://support.authorea.com/en-us/article/how-to-write-mathematical-equations-and-formulae-9r2qad/?1588289166413).

### More complex chemical notation
Go to your article's Data folder from the toolbar and add a file called header.tex  with the following line in it:

```\newcommand*\chem[1]{\ensuremath{\mathrm{#1}}}```
Then, go back to the article view, insert a LaTeX snippet and type some chemical formulae, for example:
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 will produce:

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({}^{4}{12}\mathbf{C}^{5+}{2})

will produce:

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Updated on: 05/01/2020