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Bwaters Posted 14 years ago
Science & IT

Capitalization of chemical names

If a chemical name is the first word of a sentence, for example, "8-hydroxy-blah-blah-blah", is it OK for the "H" to be lowercase?
  

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Yes – hydroxy is not the first word of the sentence; that would be Eight-hydroxy. However, chemical names beginning with a numeral are fine at the start of a sentence. Rover

— Rover_KE

  • Yes – hydroxy is not the first word of the sentence; that would be Eight-hydroxy.
  • However, chemical names beginning with a numeral are fine at the start of a sentence.
  • Rover
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Yes – hydroxy is not the first word of the sentence; that would be Eight-hydroxy.

However, chemical names beginning with a numeral are fine at the start of a sentence.

Rover


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