JournalofChemicalResearch:InstructionsforAuthorsIntroductionTheJournalofChemicalResearchpublishesReviewsandResearchPapersinexperimentalchemistry.Papersthatareshortarewelcome,butshouldnotresultinfragmentationofpublication;theyshoulddescribeacompletedpieceofwork,andtheJournalisnotintendedasavehicleforpreliminarypublications.Theworkmustmeetallthenormalcriteriaforacceptanceasregardsscientificstandards.Thejournalisavailableinprint,andonlinethrough://://pubs.acs.org/instruct/ethic.htmlAdministrationManuscriptsmaybesubmittedonlineto(i.e.notmorethaneightlinesoftypingtoadepthof50mm).Theformatshouldbeasfollows:i.Title.ii.Namesofauthors,withoneforenameforeachgiveninfull.Indicatewithanasterisk(*)thenameoftheauthorwhowilldealwithcorrespondence.iii.Address(es)ofauthors.Includeanypostalorzipcodesandthee-mailaddressoftheauthorwhowilldealwithcorrespondence.iv.Agraphicalabstracttobeusedforthecontents.v.Theabstractmustbeindependentofthetextofthepaperandsufcientlydetailedintermsofcompoundorreagentsforthepurposeofabstractionontheinternet.Compoundsshouldbeidentiedbynameandnotbytheirstructurenumberwithinthepaper.Onlystandardabbreviationsforreagentandsolventsshouldbeused.vi.Upto8keywords.vii.Text.MicrosoftWordorWordPerfectles,double-spaced,unjustied,rangedleft,andwithouthyphenation.Auto-referencingfeaturesthatburyreferenceswithinthetextshouldnotbeused.Graphics:TIFForEPSformat.Tables:useeitherthewordprocessorstableeditorortabsforformatting(notamixture).viiiFurtherrelevantmaterialcanbeaddedasElectronicSupplementaryInformation(ESI).EditorsmayaskforthedatawhichhasbeenusedfortheidentificationofknowncompoundsorthedatausedinthecharacterisationofaseriesofcloselyrelatedcompoundstobepresentedasESI.Themethodsthathavebeenusedforthepreparationofknowncompounds,particularlyiftheyinvolveminorvariationsoftheliteratureprocedure,mayalsobeconsideredforpresentationasESI.LargetablesofdatashouldalsobeincludedasESI.AlistofthematerialintheESIshouldbegiveninthepublishedpaper.Colourcanbeusedbutauthorswillbecharged,beforepublication,£100perprintedpageonwhichcolourisused.However,colourmaybeusedfreeofchargewithintheESIandintheonlineversionofthearticle.Anygraphicsmustfitaone-ortwo-columnformatwithmaximumwidth8.2cmor11.2cm.FormulaeshouldbenumberedsequentiallyusingArabicnumerals:(1),(2)etc.AuthorsshouldprovideeitherTIFF,EPS,ChemDraw,orIsisdrawfiles,orgoodqualityhardcopy.Thepreferredsettingsinformulaedrawingprogramsare:Arial7pointfont,bondlength0.43cm/13points,andbondwidth0.016cm/0.6points(theRSCsettinginChemDraw).Referencesshouldbenumberedindividuallyinthetextassuperscripts,afteranypunctuation,andcollectedattheendofthepaperinthefollowingstyle.Inordertomakearticlespublishedon-linemoreaccessibleandavailableforcross-referencingpurposes,referencesshouldnotbeseparatedintoparts(a),(b)etc.andallnotesshouldbeincorporatedintothetext.Thelastauthorsnamemustbeprecededbyand.Journalabbreviationsaslistedin