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Main Group Chemistry is intended to be a primary resource for all chemistry, engineering, biological, and materials researchers in both academia and in industry with an interest in the elements from the groups 1, 2, 12 - 18, lanthanides and actinides. The journal is committed to maintaining a high standard for its publications. This will be ensured by a rigorous peer-review process with most articles being reviewed by at least one editorial board member. Additionally, all manuscripts will be proofread and corrected by a dedicated copy editor located at the University of Kentucky.

The journal will publish rapid, short, communications, full, detailed articles, and shorter, less developed notes. Periodically, the editors will solicit reviews on the latest main group developments. In particular, we would like to eventually publish reviews covering every column of the main group elements, and some that are focused on single elements. This will advertise and showcase the beauty and breadth of main group chemistry.

Authors are requested to submit their manuscript electronically to www.mstracker.com.
The manuscript should be uploaded as one file with equations, figures, schemes, and tables included after the references. This file can be a Microsoft Word document or an Adobe PDF.

Please contact the Editor-in-Chief (datwood@uky.edu) if you experience difficulties with the online system.

Colour figures
It is possible to have figures printed in colour, provided the cost of their reproduction is paid for by the author. See Preparation of Manuscripts for the required file formats. 

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Organization of the paper and style of presentation
Manuscripts must be written in English. International Science Editing offers a language and copyediting service to authors who wish to publish their manuscript in scientific peer-reviewed periodicals and books www.internationalscienceediting.com.

Manuscripts should be prepared with one-inch margins and double spacing throughout, including the abstract, footnotes and references. Each page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc., should be numbered.

Manuscripts should be organized in the following order:
- Title Page
- Body of Text (numbered and divided by subheadings)
1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1 Reagents
2.2 Methods
2.3 Synthesis, etc.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1 Subheadings as appropiate
4. Conclusions
5. Acknowledgements
6. References
7. Graphical Material
(a) Equations
(b) Figures with associated captions
(c) Schemes with associated captions
(d) Tables with associated captions

Title page
The title page should provide the following information:

• Title (should be clear, descriptive and concise)
• Name(s) of author(s); please indicate the corresponding author with an asterisk
• Full affiliation(s) of each author
• Present address of author(s), if different from affiliation
• Complete address of corresponding author, including tel. no., fax no. and e-mail address
• Abstract; should be clear, descriptive, self-explanatory and not longer than 200 words. It should be suitable for publication in abstracting services
• Keywords.

Body of Text
Manuscripts should be prepared with one-inch margins and double spacing throughout, including the abstract, footnotes and references. Each page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc., should be numbered. Headings and subheadings should be numbered and typed on a separate line, without indentation. Paragraphs should be indented. SI units should be used, i.e., the units based on the meter, kilogram, second, etc.

Introduction
This section provides the background for the results being presented. It should include specific examples of reactions, compounds, or structures that are similar to those being reported in the manuscript. Avoid broad generalizations and statements not supported by the existing literature. Do not include lengthy background information that is not relevant to the new research being presented. Graphical information such as figures and schemes should be used whenever possible to make the context of the new work clear to as broad an audience as possible. The ending sentences or paragraph of this section should explain why the work was conducted and what was expected to result, or what new discoveries were made.

Experimental Section
This section should provide sufficient information for the experimental work to be replicated by another laboratory. It should begin with one or more sub-sections describing the Materials and Methods. The source and purity of all reagents must be given and how any starting materials were made. Rather than simply state: “Reagent X was prepared according to the literature”, include the specific details on how the reagent was made. The Methods should include the equipment and techniques used to characterize and study the compounds being reported.

Each compound or study should be described in a separate sub-section that is clearly labeled. Each compound or starting material should be indicated by a unique, bold numeral. As an example, a sub-section could be labeled: “Synthesis and Characterization of [SalenAl(H2O)2][BPh4] (1).

Results and Discussion
The unique and important features of the compounds or reactions being studied should be described in this section. Do not replicate information from the Experimental Sections unless it is relevant to the discussion. For example, it is typically unnecessary to include information about the solvents used for NMR studies, KBr for IR spectra, and the type of equipment used.

It is critical that this section describe the new information in relation to the existing literature. Include how the new compounds and reactions differ from similar published work. When proposing a structure for a new compound include descriptions of related structures as justification. This often should include redrawn structures from the literature (using Chemdraw or for X-ray structures, a program like Mercury).

Conclusions
The unique and important features of the compounds or reactions being studied should be described in this section. Do not replicate information from the Experimental Sections unless it is relevant to the discussion. For example, it is typically unnecessary to include information about the solvents used for NMR studies, KBr for IR spectra, and the type of equipment used.

It is critical that this section describe the new information in relation to the existing literature. Include how the new compounds and reactions differ from similar published work. When proposing a structure for a new compound include descriptions of related structures as justification. This often should include redrawn structures from the literature (using Chemdraw or for X-ray structures, a program like Mercury).

Footnotes
Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. In most cases it is possible to incorporate footnoted information in the text. If used, footnotes should be brief and indicated in the text with numbers in superscript.

Figures, Schemes, and Equations
Number figures as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc., schemes as Scheme 1, Scheme 2, etc. and equations as Equation 1, Equation 2, etc. and refer to them in the text. Each figure, and associated figure caption should be provided on a separate page at the end of the document. Figures should not be included in the text but the location of the figures, schemes, tables and equations should be indicated by a line in the text such as: “Figure 1 Here”.

Colour figures can be included in the print version of the Journal, provided the cost of their reproduction is paid for by the author. All color figures will be reproduced free of charge in the electronic version of the Journal.

Figures should be designed to allow a 50% reduction in size. The line art should be have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi, saved as EPS or TIFF. Grayscales (including photographs) should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (no lettering), or 500 dpi (when there is lettering). Save the figures tiff files and incorporate into the document. Do not save figures as JPEG, this format may lose information in the process. Do not use figures taken directly from the Internet. Do not use colour in the figures if they are to be printed in black and white, as this will reduce the print quality (note that in some software programs the default is often in colour; you should change the settings). For figures that should be printed in colour, please send a CMYK encoded EPS or TIFF file to the Editor-in-Chief.

Chemdraw figures should employ the default settings for the American Chemical Society, or other society journal setting.

For X-ray Structure figures, label only the most significant atoms in the structure. Do not include hydrogen atoms in the structure unless they are important to the discussion. Use at least 12 pt font for the atom labels.

Tables
Number as Table 1, Table 2 etc, and refer to them in the text. Each table should be provided on a separate page after the Reference Section of the manuscript. Tables should not be included within the text.

Each table should have a brief and self-explanatory title. Column headings should be brief, but sufficiently explanatory. Standard abbreviations of units of measurement should be added between parentheses. Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Leave some extra space between the columns instead. Any explanations essential to the understanding of the table should be given in footnotes at the bottom of the table.

REFERENCES
For citations in the text, numbers between square brackets should be used. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.
References should be listed alphabetically in the following style:
[1] B. Newman and E.T. Liu, Perspective on BRCA1, Breast Disease 10 (1998), 3-10.
[2] D.F. Pilkey, Happy conservation laws, in: Neural Stresses, J. Frost, ed., Controlled Press, Georgia, 1995, pp. 332-391.
[3] E. Wilson, Active vibration analysis of thin-walled beams, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Virginia, 1991.

Footnotes
Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. In most cases it is possible to incorporate the information in the text.
If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript numbers and kept as short as possible

Figures
Number figures as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc and refer to all of them in the text.
Each figure should be provided on a separate sheet. Figures should not be included in the text.
Colour figures can be included, provided the cost of their reproduction is paid for by the author.
For the file formats of the figures please take the following into account:

• Line art should be have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi, save as EPS or TIFF
• Grayscales (incl photos) should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (no lettering), or 500 dpi (when there is lettering); save as tiff
• Do not save figures as JPEG, this format may lose information in the process
• Do not use figures taken from the Internet, the resolution will be too low for printing
• Do not use colour in your figures if they are to be printed in black & white, as this will reduce the print quality (note that in software often the default is colour, you should change the settings)
• For figures that should be printed in colour, please send a CMYK encoded EPS or TIFF

Figures should be designed with the format of the page of the journal in mind. They should be of such a size as to allow a reduction of 50%.
On maps and other figures where a scale is needed, use bar scales rather than numerical ones, i.e., do not use scales of the type 1:10,000. This avoids problems if the figures need to be reduced.
Each figure should have a self-explanatory caption. The captions to all figures should be typed on a separate sheet of the manuscript.
Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright of your article
Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that they have read and agreed to the terms of the IOS Press Author Copyright Agreement.

Quoting from other publications
An author, when quoting from someone else's work or when considering reproducing figures or table from a book or journal article, should make sure that he is not infringing a copyright. Although in general an author may quote from other published works, he should obtain permission from the holder of the copyright if he wishes to make substantial extracts or to reproduce tables, plates or other figures. If the copyright holder is not the author of the quoted or reproduced material, it is recommended that the permission of the author should also be sought. Material in unpublished letters and manuscripts is also protected and must not be published unless permission has been obtained. Submission of a paper will be interpreted as a statement that the author has obtained all the necessary permission. A suitable acknowledgement of any borrowed material must always be made.

PROOFS & PURCHASES
PDF Proofs
The corresponding author will receive a pdf proof and is asked to check this proof carefully (the publisher will execute a cursory check only). Corrections other than printer's errors, however, should be avoided. Costs arising from such corrections will be charged to the authors.

How to order reprints, a pdf file, journals, or IOS Press books
The corresponding author of a contribution to the journal is entitled to receive 1 copy of the journal free of charge, unless otherwise stated. Free copies will not be provided for conference proceedings and abstract issues. An order form for reprints, additional journal copies or a pdf file will be provided along with the pdf proof.

If you wish to order reprints of an earlier published article, please contact the publisher for a quotation. IOS Press, Fax: +31 20 6870039. Email: editorial@iospress.nl.

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