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Issue with mol2chemfig and moderately complex structural formula

TeX - LaTeX Asked on June 30, 2021

This issue very well could be related to: this post

When callchemfigsymbol{s_adenosyl_l_methionine.tex} is uncommented, an error is observed. When callchemfigsymbol{methane_pseudo_3D_stereo.tex} is called, the mwe compiles.

What’s the difference? My first guess is that the commands (e.g. mcfabove, mcfplus, and phantom) in the more complex structural formula are not playing well with catchfile?

I am compiling on W10 with MiKTeX. The version of mol2chemfig I am using should be the latest.

Error message:

Runaway argument?
{
! Paragraph ended before CF_chemfigb was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   par 
l.190 ...hemfigsymbol{s_adenosyl_l_methionine.tex}
                                                  %
? 

Here is the not so minimal working (fingers crossed) example:

documentclass[english,border=1mm]{standalone}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{chemfig}
usepackage{tikz}
usepackage{catchfile}
usepackage{mol2chemfig}%


tikzset{
  % #1 = left, #2 = lower, #3 = right, #4 = upper
  enlarge bounding box by/.style n args={4}{
    execute at end picture={
      path ([shift={(-#1, -#2)}]current bounding box.south west) --
            ([shift={(#3, #4)}]current bounding box.north east);
    }
  }
}

% chemfigdo
newcommand{chemfigdo}[2]{chemfig[#2]{#1}}%

% chemfiginput
newcommand{chemfiginput}[2][]{%
  CatchFileDef{chemfiginputtemp}{#2}{csname CF_sanitizecatcodeendcsname}%
  expandafterchemfigdoexpandafter{chemfiginputtemp}{#1}%
}%

% create new command for tikzpicture call
newcommandcallchemfigsymbol[1]{%
  chemfiginput[
      atom style={scale=chemfigscale},
      atom sep=chemfigatomsep,
      chemfig style={
        enlarge bounding box by={chemfigborder}{chemfigborder}{chemfigborder}{chemfigborder},
        baseline=(current bounding box.center),
        color=chemfigcolor,
        line width=chemfiglinewidth
      }
    ]{#1}%
}


begin{filecontents}{s_adenosyl_l_methionine.tex}
                   O% 6
           =[:95.9]% 26
                      (
               -[:35.9]O% 5
         -[:335.9,0.62]H% 50
                      )
          -[:155.9]% 24
                      (
              <:[:95.9]N% 10
                          (
             -[:155.9,0.62]H% 46
                          )
          -[:35.9,0.62]H% 45
                      )
                      (
         -[:155.9,0.62]H% 44
                      )
          -[:215.9]% 21
                      (
         -[:235.9,0.62]H% 39
                      )
                      (
         -[:315.9,0.62]H% 40
                      )
          -[:155.9]% 18
                      (
          -[:55.9,0.62]H% 34
                      )
                      (
         -[:135.9,0.62]H% 35
                      )
          -[:215.9]mcfabove{S}{_{mcfplus}}% 1
                      (
              -[:275.9]% 22
                          (
             -[:275.9,0.62]H% 42
                          )
                          (
               -[:5.9,0.62]H% 43
                          )
         -[:185.9,0.62]H% 41
                      )
          -[:155.9]% 17
                      (
          -[:55.9,0.62]H% 32
                      )
                      (
         -[:135.9,0.62]H% 33
                      )
          >[:215.9]% 13
                      (
         -[:332.9,0.62]H% 28
                      )
          -[:269.9]O% 2
          -[:197.9]% 16
                      (
              -[:125.9]% 15
                          (
                   -[:53.9]% 14
                              (
                      -[:341.9]% -> 13
                              )
                              (
                  -[:44.9,0.62]H% 29
                              )
                 <:[:107.9]O% 3
              -[:47.9,0.62]H% 36
                          )
                          (
             -[:116.9,0.62]H% 30
                          )
             <:[:179.9]O% 4
         -[:119.9,0.62]H% 37
                      )
                      (
         -[:314.9,0.62]H% 31
                      )
          <[:251.9]N% 7
    -[:197.8,0.994]% 19
           =^[:150]N% 9
            -[:210]% 27
                      (
           -[:150,0.62]H% 47
                      )
           =^[:270]N% 11
            -[:330]% 25
                      (
                -[:270]N% 12
                          (
               -[:330,0.62]H% 49
                          )
           -[:210,0.62]H% 48
                      )
            =^[:30]% 23
                      (
                 -[:90]% -> 19
                      )
    -[:342.2,0.994]N% 8
      =^[:54,0.994]% 20
                      (
          -[:126,0.994]phantom{N}% -> 7
                      )
           -[,0.62]H% 38
end{filecontents}


begin{filecontents}{methane_pseudo_3D_stereo.tex}
           H% 2
     -[:270]C% 1
              (
        -[:200]H% 4
              )
              (
         <[:310]H% 5
              )
    <:[:350]H% 3
end{filecontents}


% define the atom sep
newlength{chemfigatomsep}%
setlength{chemfigatomsep}{2.75em}%

% define the line width
newlength{chemfiglinewidth}%
setlength{chemfiglinewidth}{0.75pt}%

% define the scale
defchemfigscale{1}

% define the color
defchemfigcolor{blue!40!black}

% define separation length
newlength{chemfigborder}
setlength{chemfigborder}{1mm}



begin{document}

%callchemfigsymbol{s_adenosyl_l_methionine.tex}% when I uncomment this, I observe error
callchemfigsymbol{methane_pseudo_3D_stereo.tex}% this works fine

end{document}

One Answer

The "MWE" in the question is neither minimal nor working. Here is a real MWE, which shows that the issue has nothing to do with mol2chemfig:

documentclass{standalone}
usepackage{mol2chemfig}

begin{document}

chemfig{
           H% 2
     -[:270]C% 1
              (
        -[:200]H% 4
              )
              (
         <[:310]H% 5
              )
    <:[:350]H% 3
}

bigskip

chemfig{
                   O% 6
           =[:95.9]% 26
                      (
               -[:35.9]O% 5
         -[:335.9,0.62]H% 50
                      )
          -[:155.9]% 24
                      (
              <:[:95.9]N% 10
                          (
             -[:155.9,0.62]H% 46
                          )
          -[:35.9,0.62]H% 45
                      )
                      (
         -[:155.9,0.62]H% 44
                      )
          -[:215.9]% 21
                      (
         -[:235.9,0.62]H% 39
                      )
                      (
         -[:315.9,0.62]H% 40
                      )
          -[:155.9]% 18
                      (
          -[:55.9,0.62]H% 34
                      )
                      (
         -[:135.9,0.62]H% 35
                      )
          -[:215.9]mcfabove{S}{_{mcfplus}}% 1
                      (
              -[:275.9]% 22
                          (
             -[:275.9,0.62]H% 42
                          )
                          (
               -[:5.9,0.62]H% 43
                          )
         -[:185.9,0.62]H% 41
                      )
          -[:155.9]% 17
                      (
          -[:55.9,0.62]H% 32
                      )
                      (
         -[:135.9,0.62]H% 33
                      )
          >[:215.9]% 13
                      (
         -[:332.9,0.62]H% 28
                      )
          -[:269.9]O% 2
          -[:197.9]% 16
                      (
              -[:125.9]% 15
                          (
                   -[:53.9]% 14
                              (
                      -[:341.9]% -> 13
                              )
                              (
                  -[:44.9,0.62]H% 29
                              )
                 <:[:107.9]O% 3
              -[:47.9,0.62]H% 36
                          )
                          (
             -[:116.9,0.62]H% 30
                          )
             <:[:179.9]O% 4
         -[:119.9,0.62]H% 37
                      )
                      (
         -[:314.9,0.62]H% 31
                      )
          <[:251.9]N% 7
    -[:197.8,0.994]% 19
           =^[:150]N% 9
            -[:210]% 27
                      (
           -[:150,0.62]H% 47
                      )
           =^[:270]N% 11
            -[:330]% 25
                      (
                -[:270]N% 12
                          (
               -[:330,0.62]H% 49
                          )
           -[:210,0.62]H% 48
                      )
            =^[:30]% 23
                      (
                 -[:90]% -> 19
                      )
    -[:342.2,0.994]N% 8
      =^[:54,0.994]% 20
                      (
          -[:126,0.994]phantom{N}% -> 7
                      )
           -[,0.62]H% 38
}
    
end{document}

Correct answer by Michael Palmer on June 30, 2021

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