XyMTeX

Χ^ΥΜΤ_ΕΧ, written XyMTeX in plain text, is a macro package for TeX which renders high-quality chemical structure diagrams. Using the typesetting system, the name is styled as . It was originally written by 藤田 眞作 (FUJITA, Shinsaku). Molecules are defined by TeX markup.

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Example

The following code produces the image for corticosterone below.

\documentclass{letter}
\usepackage{epic,carom}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\begin{picture}(1000,500)
	\put(0,0){\steroid[d]{3D==O;{{10}}==\lmoiety{H$_{3}$C};{{13}}==\lmoiety{H$_{3}$C};{{11}}==HO}}
	\put(684,606){\sixunitv{}{2D==O;1==OH}{cdef}}
\end{picture}
\end{document}

See also

• PPCHTeX
• WikiTeX — includes support for XyMTeX directly in Wiki articles