When executing
TeXForm[ElementData[8, "ElectronConfigurationString"]]
the resulting TeX
markup appears to include some internal box markup
\text{[He]}2\text{Superscript}[\text{s},2]2\text{Superscript}[\text{p},4]
$\text{[He]}2\text{Superscript}[\text{s},2]2\text{Superscript}[\text{p},4]$
From that piece of code, I would expect something like $\text{[He]} 2s^{2} 2p^{4}$ to be produced.
I realize that something may be going on with Mathematica's internal box-magic system, and I have tried converting it to other forms before passing it into TeXForm
. This does not seem to do anything. What am I doing wrong here?