1. Scope and Editorial Policy of ARKIVOC
The journal ARKIVOC (Archive for Organic Chemistry) is available free at www.arkat-usa.org. There are no subscription charges or page charges and copies of articles may be made for individual use but not for sale. Hard copies (including back issues) can be purchased from Amazon at www.amazon.com, at a cost of $20 per issue.

1.1 Types of Papers published in ARKIVOC
ARKIVOC publishes Full Papers describing sound original work that is of interest to organic chemists (including bio-organic, organometallic and physical-organic chemists).
The journal also publishes Reviews and Accounts on selected topics but NOT Communications. A Review is a fully comprehensive survey of a topic including all the relevant literature, whereas an Account is an article (maximum 6000 words) describing a topic or technique of special interest to the author and need not include a comprehensive literature survey.

1.2 Manuscript Requirements
The manuscript of a full paper must be based on original research by the authors and the work must not have been published previously either in print or electronic format (exception: dissertations).
Manuscripts should be submitted to ARKIVOC on an exclusive basis and must not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal.
If reference is made to an unpublished paper (“submitted” or “in press”), a copy of that manuscript should be provided by the author with the submission

1.3 Evaluation of Manuscripts
All contributions will be reviewed by two or more members of the Editorial Board of Referees who advise the Scientific Editors on the suitability for publication. Authors are required to submit six suggestions for referees, three of which should be drawn from the ARKIVOC Editorial Board of Referees together with three suggestions from outside the Editorial Board.
Manuscripts that are unsound or have inadequate characterization of new compounds will not be accepted.

1.4 Date of Receipt
The "date of receipt" recorded in the published article will be the date when ALL the required elements of the article have been received.

2. Preparation of Manuscript, Supplementary Materials, and Graphical Abstract
2.1 Organization of the Manuscripts
The sections of manuscripts for original research papers are:

Title
Authors' name(s)
Authors' address(es), affiliation, corresponding author's address
Dedication
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Result and Discussion
Experimental Section
Supplementary Information Available
Acknowledgements
References and Notes

2.1.1 Title
The title should clearly describe the purpose of the paper and should not include abbreviations. Only the first letter of the title and of proper names in the title (e.g., Lewis acid) should be capitalized.
2.1.2 Authors' name(s)
Typically, the following should be provided for each author:
Given name, middle initial and surname. The name of the corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk (*). If authors are from different institutions their surnames should be labeled after the name with a lower case superscript letter referring to the authors' addresses (see below).
2.1.3 Address(es) of Authors' Affiliation(s), Corresponding Author's E-mail Address
The complete mailing address(es) of author(s) should include the name of the institutional affiliation, street or P.O. box number, city, postal code, and country.
The address line should be followed by the e-mail address of the corresponding author.
2.1.4 The Dedication for a commemorative issue should appear on the line below the e-mail address.
2.1.5 Abstract
All manuscripts must be accompanied by a written abstract, which should state the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. Numbers identifying structural formulae or tables may be used in the abstract. A typical abstract should contain between 50 and 100 words.
2.1.6 Keywords: the Abstract should be followed four to six keywords.
2.1.7 Reviews and Accounts - Table of Contents (ToC)
A ToC should appear above the Introduction for Reviews and Accounts. Headings in Reviews and Accounts should follow the hierarchy and style as indicated below.
2.1.8 Introduction
An introductory paragraph or statement should be given, placing the work in the appropriate context and clearly stating the purpose and objectives of the research.
2.1.9 Results and Discussion
All significant results that need to be rationalized should be discussed in this section. Experimental details should be kept to a minimum and reiteration of information from Tables, Figures, and Schemes should be avoided.
2.1.10 Conclusions
A brief Conclusions section is desirable but not essential.
2.1.11 Experimental Section
The first part (General Procedures) should contain a description of instruments, and procedures (e.g. chromatography) used. The sources of all commercially available chemicals should be given.
A melting point range must be provided for all solid compounds. For liquid products a boiling point/pressure is desirable but if unavailable, the refractive index should be given. If a reaction is monitored by thin layer chromatography, Rf values (together with the stationary and mobile phases employed) should be reported. Specific optical rotations should be reported for enantiopure compounds.
If known compounds are prepared by new or modified methods, physical data (e.g. melting points) should be compared with the literature. This section must include full characterization of all new compounds by providing data as detailed below:
Evidence of Identity:
• ¹H, ¹³C-NMR and characteristic IR functional group data plus MS peaks used for structure assignment.
• HRMS in support of the molecular formula assignment. (HRMS data is not acceptable as a criterion of purity).
Evidence of Purity:
• Combustion elemental analytical values for carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen should match the calculated values within 0.4%. The source of all combustion analytical data should be given at the beginning of the experimental section.
• Quantitative chromatographic data (GC, HPLC) together with experimental conditions.

For combinatorial libraries of more than 20 compounds characterization data must be provided for at least 20 diverse members.

If, in the opinion of the Scientific Editor, new compounds have not been satisfactorily characterized, the paper will not be accepted.

X-ray Crystallography data should be provided in the form of crystallographic information files (CIF). Complete copies of the latter should be submitted to the Cambridge Crystallographic Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK. For further information on submission to the CCDC consult their web site at www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk should be consulted.

Other material including, for example, molecular modeling coordinates, modeling programs, instrument and circuit diagrams, graphical kinetic data, and non-essential spectroscopic (e.g. IR, NMR, MS and UV/visible) data or other instrumental (e.g. electrochemical or chromatographic) details should be placed at the end of the paper in a separate Supplementary Material File (see below) after the references.

2.1.12 Acknowledgements (optional)

2.1.13 References (and Notes)
The format required for references and footnotes is given below. Unnecessarily long reference lists should be avoided by selecting references carefully and citing reviews whenever possible.
All references must be cited in the text by the reference number using superscripts. Notes may be used to cite manuscripts in preparation, unpublished observations and personal communications. References cited should follow the style below:

PAPERS
1. (a) Pugmire, R. J.; Grant, D. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1971, 93, 1880. (b) Bakke, J. M.; Gautun, H. S. H.; Sletvold, I. ARKIVOC 2001, (x), 26. (c) Herz, W.; Iyer, V. S.; Gopal Nair, M. J. Org. Chem. 1975, 40, 3519.
2. Wanner, M. J.; Koomen, G.-J. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 2001, 1908.

BOOKS
1. Henderson, B.; McIndoe, J. S. In Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry; McCleverty, J. A.; Meyer, T. J. Eds.; Elsevier: Oxford, 2003; Vol. 1, p 387.
2. Reichardt, C. Solvents and Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry; VCH: Weinheim, 1990; Vol. 4, pp 298–311.
3. Vogel, A. I. Vogel’s Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th Edn.; Wiley: New York, 1989; pp 64–67.

DISSERTATIONS
1. Lund, K. P. Ph.D. Thesis, UCSD, 1992.

PATENTS
1. Wright, J. B. U.S. Patent 3,115, 496, 1963.
2. Baylis, A. B.; Hillman, M. E. D. Ger. Offen. 2 155 113, 1972; Chem. Abstr. 1972, 77, 34174.
3. Buntain, I. G.; Hatton, L. R. Eur. Pat. Appl. 295,117, 1988.
4. Alia, J. M.; Backendorf, C. M. P. PCT Int. Appl. 075903, 2003; Chem. Abstr. 2003, 139, 240348.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 1. Scott, L. T.; Cheng, P.-C.; Bratcher, M. S. Eighth International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, July 19–24, 1992: Abstract No. 64.
Note: The Chem. Abstr. reference should be quoted for less accessible literature (e.g., patents). Authors are responsible for obtaining written approval for all personal communications and sending a copy of the manuscript to those cited as authors of personal communications.

2.2 Manuscript Text
Because ARKIVOC is published online and in a printed version, it is essential that the files for both versions are compatible. In order to achieve this we should be grateful if authors would use the appropriate template for the preparation of a paper, account, or review.* If this is not possible, the following format must be strictly adhered to. Failure to comply will result in the paper being returned for amendments before further consideration.

Authors should refer to the sample paper or review for precise details of layout and format. For guidance on style, grammar, and chemical-usage in the preparation of manuscripts authors are recommended to consult The ACS Style Guide, Coghill, A. M.; Garson, L. R. Eds.; 3rd Ed.; Oxford University Press, 2006 (ISBN-13; 978-0-8412-3999-9). In a case of conflict between these sources, the layout and format used in the template and the Sample Papers should be followed.

* The templates are currently being revised and representative sample papers selected. These will be posted as soon as possible.

2.3 Tables
Tabulation of experimental results is encouraged whenever it provides greater clarity or more economical use of space. Tables must be oriented portrait style on the page and must fit within the margins of a single page. Larger tables will be published as Supplementary Material.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and constructed in table format not simple Word format. Each Table should be provided with a descriptive heading, which, together with the individual column headings, should make the Table, as far as possible, self-explanatory. Do not use cell borders.Tables should be inserted in the text close to the point where they are discussed. When inserting tables, do not use the float over text option.

2.4 Graphics*
2.5 Supplementary Materials (optional)
Supporting information such as extended Tables, spectra, etc. may be published as Supplementary Material at the discretion of the author or upon request by a referee or the Scientific Editor. Supplementary Material should have a title page containing the information containing the information below:
Title of the manuscript;
Authors’ names;
Authors’ address;
Table of Contents with the page numbers of all the data;
All pages must be numbered as S1...
Tables, graphics, figures should be numbered as Table S1 or Scheme S1, or Figure S1.

Readers will be able to access supporting information by clicking on the link Supplementary Material.

2.6 Graphical Abstract
A graphical abstract for the Table of Contents (ToC) must be supplied with each manuscript. This graphic, in conjunction with the manuscript title and the authors’ name(s), should give the reader the impression of the chemistry described in the paper. It is not an abstract, should not be detailed, and is not intended to summarize the results. The structure blocks, equations and schemes included in the graphical abstract should be formatted according to the instructions stated in the Structure Blocks, Equations and Schemes section above. The Graphical Abstract should be submitted at the actual size intended for publication and may be up to a maximum of 12.5 cm (5 in) wide and 7.5 cm (3 in) high.

A paper will NOT be accepted without a Graphical Abstract.

3. Submission of Manuscript
3.1 Submission Procedure

3.2 Refereeing Procedure and Editing of the Manuscript
All manuscripts will be reviewed by designated ARKIVOC referees (a list of these referees can be found on the ARKIVOC web site) as well as by referees from outside the Editorial Board.
The Scientific Editor will receive reports from the referees. If after two weeks the referees have not replied they will be reminded. Upon receipt of two referees' reports the Scientific Editor will:
i. accept or reject the paper, or,
ii. send the referees' reports to the author with instructions on action required to amend the manuscript (see below, section 3.3).

When a paper has been accepted by a Scientific Editor, the author will be informed and the manuscript will be forwarded to the Publishing Editor, Dr. E. F. V. Scriven, for technical editing.
The Publishing Editor or one of the Technical Editors will correspond directly with authors on matters of formatting, journal style, or technical points. Proofs of the paper will be sent to the corresponding author for approval prior to publication on the website. Only minor changes can be made at the proof stage.

The ultimate criterion for publication is scientific soundness and originality. It is unlikely that a scientifically valuable article will be rejected because of a lack of correct English or lapses in style and brevity, but the authors may be asked to revise sections when deemed appropriate. The ARKIVOC referees and Scientific Editors will wherever possible encourage and guide authors in a constructive way in order to improve the quality of manuscripts.

3.3 Revision of Manuscript
If a manuscript needs to be revised, the author should address ALL concerns and suggestions made by referees and/or the Scientific or Publishing editors.
The revised manuscript must be resubmitted to the Scientific Editor within 30 days. Failing this the manuscript will be considered withdrawn. Resubmission of an unsatisfactorily revised manuscript may result in rejection. If another revision is needed, the time limit is two weeks.

3.4 Copyright Agreement
In submitting a paper the authors accept the ARKAT USA, Inc. Copyright Agreement, which provides that copyright be held by the authors and ARKAT USA, Inc. be granted an irrevocable world-wide license.

3.5 Checklist of Requirements for Submission of a Manuscript
Authors should check that they have the following material prior to beginning the submission procedure.

Checklist