Talk:Photooxygenation

Unfamiliar notation

The use of ¹O₂ and ³O₂ notation, where the 2 is a subscript and the 1 or 3 are superscripts was unfamiliar to me. They resemble the notation to represent atomic isotopes but are clearly used differently. Careful reading suggests that they are used to represent singlet and triplet states of an oxygen molecule. I was really searching for more discussion of the meaning represented by these symbols, not just another unfamiliar term.

1. Could this notation be explained somewhere in this article?
2. Perhaps they should be added as references, both as ¹O₂ and Singlet oxygen, for example?
3. I did refer to the Singlet oxygen and Triplet oxygen articles and found exactly one use of ¹O₂ in a diagram, with no explanatory text. Should they also refer to/define this notation?
4. Could there be cross-references from ¹O₂ and ³O₂ used as a search term to find Singlet oxygen and Triplet oxygen?
5. Does Wikipedia have any general articles addressing specialized notation, where an unfamiliar symbol or usage can be searched for or browsed? [Math, physics and chemistry are full of notations like this.]

Links added. DS (talk) 13:19, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, the article seems much more informative now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.249.203.18 (talk) 14:58, 14 July 2011 (UTC)