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There is some problem with my code. It don't show Mg(OH)X correctly and arrow passes to reactant sites also 

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{chemfig}

\begin{document}
    \schemestart
     \chemname{\chemfig{HC~CH}}{Acetylene}
     \arrow{->[Red Hot \chemfig{Cu} tube][400C]}
     \chemname{\chemfig{**6(------)}}{Benzene}
     \+ \chemfig{Mg (OH) Cl}
    \schemestop
\end{document}

It gives me output like these :( enter image description here

Clearly they are not aligned and the arrow length is very short and how to show degree at 400 degree celcius below arrow and how to display Mg(OH)X correctly .

Thank YOU :)

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The code:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\begin{document}
    \schemestart
     \chemname{\chemfig{HC~CH}}{Acetylene}
     \arrow(.{15.5}--){->[Red Hot \chemfig{Cu} tube][\SI{400}{\celsius}]}[0,2,]
     \chemname{\chemfig{**6(------)}}{Benzene}
     \arrow{0}[,0] \+ \chemfig{Mg {(OH)} Cl}
    \schemestop
\end{document}

Remarks

  • For units,such as degree Celsius, use the siunitx package. In your concrete case I used \SI{400}{\degreeCelsius}.

  • \arrow admits an optional argument with three values: angle, length coefficient and style, so I used [0,2,,] (i.e., angle=0, double the length and no style modification).

  • I used an extra pair or braces arround (OH), as in \chemfig{Mg {(OH)} Cl} (I am not sure if this is the desired result, though).

  • An invisible arrow \arrow{0}[,0] was used so that "+ Mg(OH)Cl" is vertically aligned with the arrow to the left.

  • To improve the vertical alignment with the acetylene, the anchor specification (.{15.5}--) was used for the \arrow (thanks to clemens for his comment).

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  • Thanks , This is what exactly i want :) And your explanation is very good i understand every thing now :)
    – Shirshak55
    Jun 22, 2015 at 16:59
  • Would it be possible to adjust the vertical alignment of the last bit?
    – egreg
    Jun 22, 2015 at 17:34
  • @egreg I guess so; you mean align the elements in such a way that "+ Mg(OH)Cl" vertically aligns with the middle of the Benzene, right? When I return home I'll do it.
    – Gonzalo Medina
    Jun 22, 2015 at 17:39
  • At least aligned with the arrow at the left side.
    – egreg
    Jun 22, 2015 at 17:41
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    A better alignment with the acetylene can be achieved by giving an anchor to \arrows(<name1>.<anchor1>--<name2>.<anchor2>) (where all <name>s and <anchor>s are optional). Here 15.5 seems about right: \arrow(.{15.5}--){->[Red Hot \chemfig{Cu} tube][\SI{400}{\celsius}]}[,2]
    – cgnieder
    Jun 22, 2015 at 19:45

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