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;Introduction
* A molecule consists of atoms.   E.g. water, H2O, has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
* The mass of   H2O   is   1.008 * 2 + 15.999 = 18.015
* An atom name consists of one upper-case letter followed by zero, one or two lower-case letters.
** H       (Hydrogenhydrogen)
** He     (Heliumhelium)
** Uue   (Ununenniumununennium)
* The number of atoms is stated behind the atom or atom group
* An atom group is specified using parenthesis.   E.g. Butyricbutyric acid, (CH3)2CHCOOH, has two CH3 groups
* A group may contain other groups, e.g.   COOH(C(CH3)2)3CH3