Talk:5-Methylcytosine

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5-Methylcytosine is not normally capitalized in the middle of sentences in journal articles. I'm not familiar with the Wikipedia standard, but I've stuck to the capitalization that is used in the scientific literature; is it really a good idea to use a standard that deviates from this? - Madprime 20:46, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

From the ACS Style Guide, Chapter 7:

Chemical names are not captialized unless they are the first word of a sentence or are part of a title or heading. Then, the first portion of the syllabic portion is capitalized, not the locant, stereoisomer descriptor, or positional prefix.

Jchodera 07:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

That's the same style that should be used in Wikipedia too. Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals/Style guidelines. --Ed (Edgar181) 10:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
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