Oh yeah, thank you Jim and Hans,

I forgot that \frac is only in math-mode possible.

Greeting
Tomás

Am 14.08.25 um 17:58 schrieb Jim:
Hi Thomas,

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 14:43 (+0200), Thomas Meyer wrote:

Hi folks,
I try to write
\chemical{Na + H_2O → NaOH + 1/2 H_2}
and it works. But I do not like 1/2 that way.
But if I want to use
\chemical{Na + H_2O → NaOH + \frac{1}{2} H_2}    %\frac or variants of it
it doesn't work.
\chemical{Na + H_2O → NaOh +}\frac{1}{2}\chemical{H_2}
doesn't work too.
\startformula
\chemical{Na + H_2O → NaOH +}\xxfrac{1}{2}\chemical{H_2} % and some
other variants of \frac
\stopformula
does work, but the distance between + and the \frac-expression is to large.
Any hints?
At the risk of using the frowned-upon $ syntax, have you tried

\chemical{Na + H_2O → NaOH + $\frac{1}{2}$ H_2}

This works for me, without the extra space of your last try.

                                 Jim
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