[texhax] chemistry in latex.

[Uwe Lueck]

Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de>, 08.09.2010 13:45:10:
>On 8 September 2010 Uwe Lueck wrote:
> > Piter_ <x.piter at gmail.com>, 08.09.2010 11:57:04:
> > > I try to use ppchtex for drawing chemical formulas.  But this
> > > package looks dead. Las activity on its mailing list is from
> > > 2004.  Is it really dead and i need something else or it is in
> > > state of perfection and every body knows how to use it?  Thanks.
> I just found this:
>     http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xymtex/

Competing: Jürgen Fenn's Topic Index to the TeX Catalogue seems to list a few additional packages for chemical formulas:

    http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html#chem

Sometimes this index turns out not to be complete. You can try to find more packages by entering "chemical" in the field for "package descriptions" on

    http://ctan.org/search.html

HTH -- Uwe.