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Item _chemical_formula.sum


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Description


              See the CHEMICAL_FORMULA category description for the rules
               for writing chemical formulae in which all discrete bonded
               residues and ions are summed over the constituent elements,
               following the ordering given in general rule 5 in the
               CHEMICAL_FORMULA category description. Parentheses are not
               normally used.

Category

chemical_formula

Item Examples


Example 1:



C18 H19 N7 O8 S

Mandatory Code

no

Data Type Code

text

Alias Names

Alias Name Dictionary Version
_chemical_formula_sum cif_core.dic 2.0.1

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