WikiChem:Manual of Style

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How should stuff look like.

Compounds

  • General introduction (lead)
    • Some general introduction on why this compound is of interest, could link back to some articles using it.
  • Synthesis section
    • Description of a good synthesis of this compound
  • Discussion
    • Some discussion on some of the data presented here, or some specifics
  • Physical data section
    • NMR, IR, melting points, boiling points, etc. etc.
  • References
    • Dôh.

Commercial compounds

  • A section with commercial data
  • Some exemplatory uses or key-references to their use (e.g. certain building blocks could use some key information)

Literature compounds

  • A section with a discussion of the synthesis of the compound, without being an actual experimental section, reviews of physical data, all thoroughly referenced to the original articles.

New published compound

  • Experimental section with a proper description of how the compound is made.

Articles

  • General introduction (lead)
    • Some general introduction on the theme of the article
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References