Category:Set index articles on molecular formulas
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Pages in this category are normally organic compounds, and are arranged overall in order of increasing numbers of carbon atoms:
| #Cs | Group |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 |
| 10-15 | A |
| 16-19 | B |
| 20-29 | D |
| > 29 | E |
Within groups having the same carbon count, the order is fairly intuitive, but the following exceptions have been noted:
This always pops up when only one atom of a kind is present: that entry will appear at the bottom of the list below all the others. For the same reason you will find C10H.... preceding C2H..... .
The situation arises as the sorting algorithm is based on the ASCII code of letters and numbers. As numbers have lower codes than letters, this counterintuitive situation arises.