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Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online is the IUCr's highly popular electronic-only structural journal. It provides a fast, simple and easily accessible publication mechanism for the growing number of valuable inorganic, metal-organic and organic determinations. The electronic submission, validation, refereeing and publication facilities of the journal ensure rapid and high-quality publication, whilst key indicator flags are used to provide measures of structural reliability. The journal encourages the publication of routine as well as interesting and difficult structures.
Articles are published in a short-format style with enhanced supplementary materials (see §8.1 for details of an example submission and publication). Each publication consists of a complete package – the published article, HTML and PDF supplements, structure factors, graphics, and any other submitted supplementary files. This represents a much richer collection of material than is provided by publishers of other structural journals.
Acta Crystallographica Section E is an open-access journal, i.e. free of charge to all readers. The costs of peer review, of journal production, and of online hosting and archiving will be met by charging an open-access fee to authors (see §9).
1. Submission requirements
1.1. Manuscript checking and preparation
All articles must be submitted in Crystallographic Information File (CIF) format. Details about CIFs are given in Hall et al. [Acta Cryst. (1991), A47, 655–685]. Guidelines for the preparation and editing of a the data items required therein, standard data codes and keywords, templates, example CIFs, and data-validation criteria and procedures are available via the online author help page (see §8). A editor for authors, publCIF, may be obtained from https://publcif.iucr.org, and a general editor (enCIFer) may be obtained from http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/products/encifer/index.html; both editors are available free of charge. The Section Editors, Co-editors and Editorial Office staff are also available to assist any author with any technical problems. Please note that this help does not include rewriting articles which do not reach the standards specified in §1.10
.
Before submission, authors are required to check their checkCIF service at https://journals.iucr.org/services/cif/checking/checkfull.html. All validation alerts returned by checkcif should be considered carefully and corrected as far as possible. Sometimes these alerts relate to simple omissions or errors in the If the report contains validation alerts about the consistency, adequacy or quality of the data or the refined model, these will need to be addressed, or, if the authors consider there are specific valid or unavoidable reasons for these alerts, the validation response form (VRF) supplied by checkCIF should be completed and included in the submitted preferably with the addition of appropriate explanatory text in the deposited experimental section of the CIF.
and associated structure factors using theThe text and tables of an article may be previewed by sending the printCIF service at https://journals.iucr.org/services/cif/printcif.html or by using publCIF. We strongly encourage authors to make use of this facility for checking the formatting of the supplementary materials.
(after completing the pre-check) to the1.2. Categories of submission
Section E publishes two categories of articles. The requested category must be specified in the submitted as _publ_requested_category, using one of the codes listed below.
(a) Short structural articles describe the determination of a single structure. The submitted is validated using checkCIF and database checks are applied using the Inorganic Database or the Cambridge Structural Database. The the checking results and associated files are then passed to a Co-editor for peer review. Once accepted, the article and associated graphics, together with the and structure factors, will be accessible electronically from the Crystallography Journals Online service at https://journals.iucr.org. The category codes used to identify these articles are EI for inorganic, EM for metal–organic, and EO for organic compounds.
(b) Addenda or Errata are short articles describing additions to, comments on, or errata to existing Section E publications and are not intended for interim reports of work in progress. The text should not exceed 1000 words. Addenda and Errata are peer reviewed. The category code for these articles is AD.
1.3. Method of submission
Full details of the submission procedure can be found at https://journals.iucr.org/e/services/helpsubmit.html. CIFs must be submitted via the web at https://journals.iucr.org/e/services/submitbdy.html. All submitted CIFs must have been pre-checked using the facilities described in §1.1.
During the submission procedure, authors will be required to submit additional electronic files; these include the chemical scheme (see §2.8), crystallographic diagrams (see §3.5
) and structure factors (see §3.8
) or powder diffraction data (see §3.7
). Authors will also be asked to agree to an open-access licence (see §1.11
). In addition, they will also be asked to confirm that they can pay the open-access fee, or that they have a payment waiver (see §9
).
On completion of the submission procedure, each article will be assigned an Editorial Office refcode. The Editorial Office refcode has two letters and four digits (e.g. hb3795), with the two letters identifying the assigned Co-editor; the refcode should be used in all subsequent communications with the Editorial Office and Co-editor.
1.4. Handling of manuscripts
Each submitted , while full details of the required data items and the data-validation criteria are available via the online help page (see §8
). For articles unable to meet these criteria, a completed validation response form (VRF) giving reasons for the failure must be included in the The Co-editor will assess the validity of the explanation as part of the review process.
The Co-editor is responsible for the review steps and future communications with the authors up to the acceptance stage. If, after review, no revisions are necessary, the article will be prepared for immediate electronic publication. If the review reveals that revision is required, the authors will be contacted directly and asked to revise the article. Further revisions may be requested before acceptance of the submission if unresolved issues remain. When the article is accepted by the Co-editor, the author will be asked to review the edited
and the HTML supplement, and approve these before proofs are prepared. The author will also be asked to pay the open-access fee or provide a waiver at this stage.Failure to respond to a communication from either a Co-editor or the Editorial Office staff within one month will result in the automatic withdrawal of the article. All communications to authors will normally be sent electronically to the e-mail address provided in the Authors who anticipate or become aware of difficulties with their e-mail service should alert their Co-editor as soon as they are aware that there is a problem. If major revisions (i.e. revisions involving a complete new CIF) are made to the submission, the journal reserves the right to reset the date of receipt of the article to the date of resubmission. If a manuscript is not acceptable after two revisions it will not be considered further. An article that has been rejected must not be resubmitted to any IUCr journal unless the reasons given for the rejection have been fully addressed in the revised version.
Once an article is accepted, it is the responsibility of the Managing Editor to prepare the article for publication and to correspond with the authors and/or the Co-editor to resolve publication ambiguities or inadequacies. The Section Editors review all accepted articles and reserve the right to request or make appropriate changes to ensure conformity with Section E standards; in the unlikely event of significant changes being required at this stage, the authors will be contacted promptly.
1.5. Revisions
After initial submission, any revised or new files should be uploaded via the web interface only in response to a specific request from a Co-editor; these files should be uploaded at the web address provided by the Co-editor.
1.6. Author's warranty
The submission of an article is taken as an implicit guarantee that the work is original, that it is the author(s) own work, that all authors are aware of and concur with the submission, that all workers involved in the study are listed as authors or given proper credit in the acknowledgements, that the manuscipt has not already been published (in any language or medium), and that it is not being considered and will not be offered elsewhere while under consideration for an IUCr journal. The inclusion of material in an informal publication, e.g. a preprint server or newsletter, does not preclude publication in an IUCr journal.
The co-authors of an article should be all those persons, and only those persons, who have made significant scientific contributions to the work reported, including the ideas and their execution, and who share responsibility and accountability for the results. Other contributions should be indicated in an Acknowledgements section. An administrative relationship to the investigation does not in itself qualify a person for co-authorship (but it may be appropriate to acknowledge major administrative assistance). Changes to the list of authors will normally require the agreement of the editor and all authors.
Important considerations related to publication have been given in the ethical guidelines published in Acc. Chem. Res. (2002), 35, 74–76 and Graf et al. [Int. J. Clin. Pract. (2007), 61(Suppl. 152), 1–26]. Authors are expected to comply with these guidelines.
1.7. Submission of related structures
To allow handling of articles to be automated, all submissions should report single structures only. Series of single structure articles on closely related materials should not be merged. It is possible for submissions reporting related structures to be handled together and published as adjacent articles. Authors should select the same Co-editor for each article during submission. However, such studies may be more appropriately reported as a single article in Acta Crystallographica Sections B or C. Articles in a series should cross-reference each other.
1.8. Previously published structures
If a structure has been redetermined correctly and the result adds significantly to the information already in the public domain then the article can be considered for publication. Redeterminations that report a small improvement in precision or are merely carried out at a different temperature to previous studies will not normally be considered for publication. Unless they lead to significant insight, for example into reaction mechanisms or biological processes, determinations of the second Abstract must briefly state the changes and/or improvements attained.
of a published first of a structure will not be considered for publication. Redeterminations must cite the previous structure(s) and the1.9. Languages of submission
The languages of publication are English, French, German and Russian. Submissions in English may use either British or American spelling, but must do so consistently throughout.
1.10. Quality of writing
Articles must be clearly written and grammatically correct. If the Co-editor concludes that language problems would place an undue burden on the referee(s), the manuscript may be returned to the authors without review. Details of language-editing services can be found at https://journals.iucr.org/services/languageservices.html.
1.11. Copyright
Authors will not be asked to transfer copyright to the IUCr, but will instead be asked to agree during article submission to an open-access licence. This licence is identical to the Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
1.12. Author grievance procedure
An author who believes that an article has been unjustifiably treated by the Co-editor may appeal initially to the Section Editors for a new review and, finally, to the Editor-in-chief of IUCr Journals if the author is still aggrieved by the decision. The initial appeal must be made within 3 months of rejection of the article. The decision of the Editor-in-chief is final. Any resubmission to another Co-editor will be forwarded to the Section Editors.
2. Publication requirements
The publication requirements for the text, tabular and graphical material are described in this section. Requirements for supplementary materials are given in §3, and the standards for numerical and codified data are summarized in §4
. A list of all data items required for submission is available via the online help page (see §8
) where guidelines concerning the use of special characters (e.g. Greek letters and diacritical marks) and a set of Frequently Asked Questions are also given. Note that in the shorter article format the Related literature section (§2.3
) replaces the Comment section; the Comment section, the Experimental text sections and the crystallographic diagrams now form part of the supplementary materials (§3
). A chemical structural diagram must be included for molecular compounds (§2.8
).
2.1. Title and authors
The Title should be short and informative; in many cases just the name of the compound studied will be perfectly adequate. However, the use of titles consisting of only the chemical formula is discouraged. Avoid redundant phrases such as `Crystal structure of…'. For articles describing powder, neutron or synchrotron diffraction studies, the title should typically consist of the name of the compound followed by `(powder study)', `(neutron study)' or `(synchrotron study)', respectively. The full first name of each author is preferred. Note that the data items _publ_section_title_footnote and _publ_author_footnote are available, if required, for inserting footnotes to the title and to individual authors. If the article describes the redetermination of a previously reported structure, this should be indicated in the title. Part numbers for a series of related articles are not permitted in the title, but may be given as a title footnote.
2.2. Abstract
The Abstract must be written in English, be informative, and should summarize the most important aspects of the study. It is expected to be no more than 250 words and should be capable of being understood on its own without access to the text or figures. It should not contain the crystal data or, usually, the The systematic IUPAC name and the chemical formula should be given here, if they are not included in the Title. The Abstract should include mention of any crystallographically imposed symmetry or the presence of more than one molecule (or formula unit) in the of the structure. Principal structural geometry results can be given here. Literature references should be avoided if possible; if required, they must be given in full, e.g. [Bond, Davies & Kirby (2001). Acta Cryst. E57, o1242–o1244].
2.3. Related literature
All articles must include a Related literature section. Essential references (e.g. to the origin of the material studied, related structural studies, and to information supporting the reported structure) should be cited in this section, with appropriate very brief explanatory text, for example `The synthesis of the complex is described by Jones (2001). The anhydrous complex has essentially the same coordination geometry (Smith, 2003).' In addition, all references included in the supplementary materials, but not elsewhere in the published article, should be given here. It is most useful for readers if the Related literature section is sub-divided, so that, instead of just "For related literature, see… ." it gives, for example, "For background to this class of compound, see… . For related structures, see… ." etc.
2.4. Experimental data
Principal experimental data are extracted automatically from the Crystal data, Data collection and Refinement. Some numerical items may be formatted so that a standard number of decimal places is published. The full set of data in the as well as the content of the text sections _publ_section_exptl_prep, _exptl_special_details, _publ_section_exptl_refinement and _refine_special_details, will be provided in the supplementary materials. Authors are strongly encouraged to use publCIF to place a copy of their instructions file(s) in the _iucr_refine_instructions_details section. This will facilitate the review of the manuscript, particularly when special strategies, such as the use of restraints, have been employed. Co-editors may request any additional experimental data or material they feel necessary to complete a full review of the article.
and are tabulated under the sub-headings2.5. Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement should be given for any assistance provided to the study (see §1.6). If the diffraction data collection was not carried out by one of the authors, or in the laboratory of one of the authors, details of who collected the data and where the data collection was carried out should be provided.
2.6. References
References to published work must be cited in the format detailed in §7. If reference is made to unpublished work, prior consent must be first obtained from the authors of that work.
2.7. Selected geometrical data
Full details of molecular dimensions, including those involving H atoms, should be supplied; only values that are of special interest should be flagged for publication by setting the _geom_..._flag value to yes. Bond distances and angles should not normally be flagged for publication in organic structures. The data to be published in the article will be reviewed by the Co-editor and a Section Editor.
2.8. Chemical scheme
A chemical structure diagram (typical examples are shown below) must be included for all but inorganic materials. Authors are required to submit such diagrams electronically in one of the formats listed in §5. The diagram should be complete, showing all species present in the structure, including counter-ions and solvent molecules in their correct proportions. Any relative or absolute stereochemistry, if this has been determined, must be shown and should be consistent with the crystallographic diagram (§3.5
), the data reported in the Abstract (§2.2
), Related literature (§2.3
), Comment (§3.1
) and Title (§2.1
). Hydrogen bonding should not normally be indicated in the diagram.
The chemical structure diagram should show only the compound whose structure is being reported. Chemical reaction schemes or schemes showing more than one compound should be supplied as supplementary figures and should have appropriate captions included in _publ_section_figure_captions (see §5.4).
Authors are encouraged to submit chemical connectivity (MOL, CML, CHM, SMI) files of reported structures with their articles. These files will be made available as part of the supplementary materials for each article and will be used to provide InChI (International Chemical Identifier) keys for the article, making the structures easier to find in the chemical literature.
2.9. Powder diffraction data
Authors of powder diffraction articles should consult the notes provided at https://journals.iucr.org/services/cif/powder.html.
2.10. Standard uncertainties
The
(abbreviated s.u. and replacing the traditional term estimated standard deviation) should be expressed as a number in parentheses following the numerical result and should be on the scale of the least significant digits of the result. The s.u. value should preferably be in the range 2–19. Note that s.u. values should not be appended to parameters which are fixed by symmetry, geometry or other constraints.3. Supplementary materials requirements
Section E provides extensive supplementary materials for each article. They include the supplementary data files (CIF, structure factors etc.), as well as (a) HTML and PDF representations of the deposited and (b) the crystallographic diagrams. All supplementary materials will be available from Crystallography Journals Online (see §8.6). The text sections of the supplementary material (see §§3.1
and
3.2) will be only lightly edited and checked for obvious factual errors, and authors may be asked to provide revised text if necessary.
3.1. Comment
Where the submitted Comment section, this will be made available to readers in the HTML and PDF representations of the deposited Inclusion of a Comment section is strongly encouraged, especially to provide further information about the relevance of the Related literature and for discussion of the main structural results and their wider scientific context and significance, but the number of literature references should be small. The Comment section should also include a brief description of each crystallographic diagram (§5.1) provided by the authors.
3.2. Experimental text sections
The content of the text sections _publ_section_exptl_prep, _exptl_special_details, _publ_section_exptl_refinement and _refine_special_details will be included in the HTML and PDF representations of the deposited The descriptive text item _publ_section_exptl_prep is the appropriate place to give information on the chemical and crystal preparation, and identification (e.g. on melting points and densities), the inclusion of which is encouraged. Additional details [e.g. lengthy synthetic descriptions and long lists of spectroscopic (NMR, IR etc.) data] supporting the crystallographic study should be placed in the _exptl_special_details section of the The text item _publ_section_exptl_refinement should be used to provide details of how H atoms were treated and report the ranges of X—H dimensions. Any unusual aspects of the data collection, space-group identification, data processing, and (including any restraints used and the treatment of disorder) should also be given here. Routine material should be placed in _refine_special_details.
3.3. Atomic sites
The _atom_site_ coordinate and atomic displacement parameters (as Uij) must be supplied with values (see §6.1 and §2.10
). Any parameter constraints and restraints applied during should be documented (see also §4
, _refine_ls_number_restraints). Note that only U or Uij values are acceptable for atomic displacement parameters. The atom numbering should follow some recognized scheme (see §6.1
) and the atom list should be in some sensible (not random) order. H-atom labels should be directly related to the atom to which they are bonded.
3.4. Geometrical data
Full details of molecular dimensions, including those involving H atoms, should be supplied. All submitted geometry data will be available to readers from Crystallography Journals Online. The inclusion of torsion angles in the is encouraged, but should not normally include those involving H atoms; those in which three of the atoms are nearly collinear should be removed.
3.5. Crystallographic diagrams
Crystallographic diagrams will be available as part of the supplementary materials. Diagram requirements are given in §5. A labelled displacement ellipsoid diagram is normally required for each structure. Authors may supply additional figures e.g. packing diagrams. The use of colour is encouraged, but poor contrast (e.g. pale colours with a white background) should be avoided.
3.6. Chemical reaction schemes
Chemical reaction schemes or schemes showing more than one compound will be available as part of the supplementary materials. They should be supplied as supplementary figures and should have appropriate captions included in _publ_section_figure_captions (see §5.4).
3.7. Powder diffraction data
For articles that present the results of powder diffraction profile fitting or i.e. the numerical intensity of each measured point on the profile as a function of scattering angle, should be deposited. Articles reporting Rietveld refinements should include a supplementary figure showing the diffraction profile and the difference between the measured and calculated profiles.
(Rietveld) methods, the primary diffraction data,3.8. Structure factors
The reflection data h, k, l, Ymeas, σYmeas, Ycalc (where Y is I, F2 or F) must be supplied as an electronic file in format during the submission process. Note that in the case of structures determined from twinned crystals, the reflection data file used as input to the program (e.g. the HKLF5 format file used by SHELXL) may be requested.
4. Data requirements
A list of all data required for submission is available from the online help page (see §8). If the submitted data are incomplete, inadequate or incorrect, the author will be informed promptly. Authors are required to pre-check each (see §1.1
) prior to submission. A more complete description of the data-validation checks applied to submitted CIFs is available from the online help page (see §8
).
Data-precision indicators will be published for all articles. Details of these can be found at https://journals.iucr.org/services/cif/dataprecision.html.
The most important data requirements are summarized below.
_chemical_formula_moiety
_chemical_formula_sum
The chemical formula must be consistent with the atomic content specified by the _atom_site_ information, and match the _chemical_formula_weight. If atoms are missing from the atomic model, the moiety and sum formulae should state the assumed overall formula.
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M
The _cell_length_ and _cell_angle_ values.
must encompass the highest symmetry permitted by the diffraction intensities, and be consistent with the_cell_formula_units_Z
The number of formula units in the _atom_site_ data.
must comply with that expected from the chemical formula, the and the_exptl_crystal_colour
The crystal colour should comply with the codes listed in the online author help page (see §8).
_exptl_crystal_size_max
Authors are encouraged to use crystals no larger than the incident X-ray beam diameter, particularly when heavy or strongly absorbing elements are present in the material. For best results, the crystal should be uniformly bathed in the X-ray beam. The size of the beam at the crystal is normally determined by inter alia the nature of the X-ray source and the beam optics. Note that with fine-focus sealed X-ray tubes, the use of a collimator larger than the filament diameter does not automatically increase the size of the uniform part of the incident beam.
_exptl_absorpt_correction_type
Permitted absorption-type codes are listed in the online help page (see §8). A type code must be accompanied by a reference to the method or the software used; this should be given in the field _exptl_absorpt_process_details. The need for absorption corrections, and the appropriate type of correction, is dependent on the μ value, _exptl_absorpt_coefficient_mu, and the crystal size values, _exptl_crystal_size_min, _mid and _max. If x is the medial size _mid, the product μx provides an indication of the type of correction needed. Analytical or numerical corrections may be beneficial if μx exceeds 1.0 and are strongly recommended if μx is above 3.0. Empirical methods based on analyses of equivalent and redundant reflections (multi-scan methods) are acceptable. Corrections are usually unnecessary if μx is below 0.1. Refined absorption methods are discouraged except in special circumstances. The experimentally determined transmission-factor limits _exptl_absorpt_correction_T_min and _max should be consistent with those expected for the crystal shape and size, and μ.
Whenever a multi-scan type absorption correction is being employed (e.g. by using SADABS), authors are also encouraged to measure a multiplicity of observations (measurement of symmetry equivalents or the same reflection at different crystal orientations) of at least 4. The algorithms used in such programs work best and produce the highest quality data only when the multiplicity of observations or coverage of the full sphere of reflections is high.
_diffrn_reflns_number
_diffrn_reflns_av_R_equivalent
_diffrn_reflns_limit_h_min
_diffrn_reflns_limit_h_max
_diffrn_reflns_limit_k_min
_diffrn_reflns_limit_k_max
_diffrn_reflns_limit_l_min
_diffrn_reflns_limit_l_max
These items should refer to the complete set of measured data before any merging of symmetry-equivalent reflections, and not only to the unique set of data.
_reflns_number_total
The number of symmetry-independent reflections excludes the systematically extinct intensities. Authors are encouraged to use all symmetry-independent reflections in the of the structure parameters.
_reflns_threshold_expression
This threshold, which is based on multiples of σI, σF2 or σF, serves to identify the significantly intense reflections, the number of which is given by _reflns_number_gt. These reflections are used in the calculation of _refine_ls_R_factor_gt. The multiplier in the threshold expression should be as small as possible, typically 2 or less.
_diffrn_reflns_theta_max
The θmax of measured reflections should be such that sin θmax/λ exceeds 0.6 Å−1 (i.e. θmax > 25° for Mo Kα; θmax > 67° for Cu Kα). It is expected that all possible unique reflections out to at least the above specified minimum θ limits are measured. This provides the minimum number of reflections recommended for an average structural study. If intensities are consistently weak at the recommended θmax, low-temperature measurements may be needed unless a study at a specific temperature (or pressure) is being reported.
_diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_max
This is the fraction of unique (symmetry-independent) reflections measured out to _diffrn_reflns_theta_max. Ideally, this should be as close to 1.0 as possible.
_diffrn_reflns_theta_full
When _diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_max is less than 1.0 because of some missing high-angle reflections, θfull is the diffractometer angle at which the measured reflection count is close to complete. The fraction of unique reflections measured out to this angle is given by _diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_full.
_diffrn_reflns_av_R_equivalents
Sufficient symmetry-equivalent reflections must be measured to provide a good estimate of the intensity reproducibility. This is particularly important when absorption corrections are applied (this value is calculated after the corrections are applied to the intensities). See also _exptl_absorpt_correction_type.
_refine_ls_R_factor_gt
Note that this value is not intended as a reliable gauge of structure precision, which is better determined from the standard uncertainties of the parameters (these depend on the number and reliability of the measured structure factors used in the process).
_refine_ls_number_reflns
The number of reflections used in the _refine_ls_number_parameters by at least a factor of 10 if the structure is centrosymmetric, or by a factor of 8 if it is not. Omission of outlier reflections should be avoided unless there is good reason and, in such cases, details of the omitted reflections and the reasons for doing so should be included in the _publ_section_exptl_refinement section.
should be as large as possible, and should, if possible, be greater than the number of refined parameters_refine_ls_number_parameters
This is the number of coordinate, atomic displacement, scale, occupancy, restraint, extinction and other parameters refined independently in the least-squares process. It is possible, and sometimes desirable, to reduce this number by the appropriate application of geometric constraints.
_refine_ls_number_restraints
This gives the number of applied restraints. Concise details of what these restraints were, including any target values applied and the effective standard deviation of the restraint, should be included in the _refine_special_details section of the CIF.
_refine_ls_hydrogen_treatment
The codes which identify the treatment of H-atom parameters are listed in the online help page (see §8). Detailed text about the treatment of H-atom sites should be placed in _publ_section_exptl_refinement. Authors should note the advice on H-atom treatment given in the SHELXL97 manual, §4.6: `For most purposes it is preferable to calculate the hydrogen positions according to well-established geometrical criteria and then adopt a refinement procedure which ensures that a sensible geometry is retained'. Authors should note that H-atom sites which have been fixed or constrained by geometry (e.g. riding) will not have s.u. values associated with them.
_refine_ls_weighting_scheme
Weighting schemes for refinements should be based on the standard uncertainties in the measured reflection data.
_refine_ls_shift/su_max
This is the largest ratio of the parameter shift to _publ_section_exptl_refinement.
after the final round of and is typically within ±0.01 if sufficient least-squares cycles have been employed. A value above ±0.05 is considered unusual and values beyond ±0.1 are a sign of incomplete unaccounted-for disorder or high correlation between parameters that should be constrained. Authors should explain the reasons for a high value in_refine_diff_density_min
_refine_diff_density_max
These values are expected to be small, especially for light-atom structures. If their magnitudes are such that a validation alert is generated, the label and the distance of the closest atom site should be reported in _publ_section_exptl_refinement.
_geom_
All geometry values must originate from the submitted _atom_site_fract_ values. Only geometry values of significance to the structure will be published. These must be identified with a _geom_..._flag value of yes in the submitted Note that dimensions involving H-atom sites which have been fixed or constrained by geometry will not have s.u. values associated with them. Details of all bond lengths and angles involving H atoms must be included in the even if they have been constrained.
_atom_site_
Atomic coordinates for molecular structures should be supplied as connected sets. Whenever structure geometry permits, it is normally expected that the set of connected coordinates which specify the _atom_site_occupancy should be 1.0 except for disordered or non-stoichiometric atom sites. Atom sites constrained to model disorder must be indicated by _atom_site_disorder_group. The overall packing in the structure will be checked for significant vacant regions (i.e. voids) indicating omitted solvent molecules. Note that s.u. values should not be appended to parameters which are fixed by symmetry, geometry or other constraints. In systems with hydrogen-bonded networks, it is expected that the will be chosen so that the minimum number of symmetry operators is required to specify the hydrogen-bond network.
will lie within the basic Values of_atom_site_aniso_U_
Checks will be made for non-positive-definite anisotropic atomic displacement parameters. The ratio of maximum to minimum eigenvalues should not, except in special circumstances (e.g. disorder), exceed 5.
_refine_ls_abs_structure_details
This item should describe the method applied, with a literature citation if necessary, and the number of Friedel pairs used in the determination of the e.g. _refine_ls_abs_structure_Flack). If the structure is non-centrosymmetric, an parameter is expected. The reliability of this parameter increases with the number of Friedel-related intensities, and the use of a large fraction of the complete set of Friedel pairs in the is strongly recommended. Even if the atomic composition and the choice of X-ray wavelength mean that the f′′ terms of the expressions are very small, and the value of the parameter is inconclusive because of its large s.u. value, it is not necessary to merge Friedel-pair reflections. If authors do merge Friedel-pair reflections before final they should mention that fact in the _publ_section_exptl_refinement section and not report a value for the in the Authors are strongly advised to consult articles by Flack & Bernardinelli [Acta Cryst. (1999), A55, 908–915; J. Appl. Cryst. (2000), 33, 1143–1148] and by Flack, Sadki, Thompson & Watkin [Acta Cryst. (2011), A67, 21–34]. For pertinent comments on the determination of authors are also referred to the articles by Jones [Acta Cryst. (1986), A42, 57] and Hooft et al. [J. Appl. Cryst. (2008), 41, 96–103; J. Appl. Cryst. (2010), 43, 665–668].
parameter (5. Diagram requirements
A set of guidelines for preparing figures is available from https://journals.iucr.org/j/services/help/artwork/guide.html. The chemical structure diagram (see §2.8 for a typical example) and supplementary crystallographic diagrams (see §3.5
) should be prepared in HPGL, PostScript, encapsulated PostScript or TIFF format. The resolution of bitmap graphics should be a minimum of 300 d.p.i.
5.1. Supplementary crystallographic diagrams
For molecular compounds, a clear, well-presented ellipsoid plot is normally required for each independent species to show the stereochemistry and any unusual atomic displacements or disorder. For polymeric materials the displacement ellipsoid plot should show at least the chemically unique fragment; for other structures, a packing or polyhedron diagram is required. All non-H unique atom sites should be identified with labels consistent with those for the supplied atomic coordinates. Distances and angles should not be shown in the crystallographic diagram. The orientation of crystallographic figures and chemical structural diagrams should correspond as closely as possible.
Diagrams should be briefly described in the Comment section for the benefit of readers.
5.2. Submission
Diagrams should be submitted electronically via the web submission interface. All diagrams must be submitted in this way.
5.3. Lettering and symbols
Atom site labels in supplementary crystallographic diagrams should not contain parentheses and should match labels used in the atom site lists and text. The labels should not overlap or touch ellipsoids or bonds. Descriptive matter should be placed in the caption. Packing diagrams should show the unit-cell outline, with the cell-axis directions (labelled a, b, c) and the cell origin (labelled O) marked thereon or given in a legend at the side.
5.4. Numbering and figure captions
A list of the figure captions should be included in _publ_section_figure_captions. Captions of labelled displacement ellipsoid plots must state the probability limit used. If H atoms are shown by small spheres of an arbitrary size, this need not be stated in the caption.
5.5. Enhanced figures
An online tool for authors to prepare standard and corresponding three-dimensional interactive structural diagrams is available from http://submission.iucr.org/jtkt.
6. Nomenclature
6.1. Crystallographic nomenclature
Authors should follow the general recommendations produced by the IUCr Commision on Crystallographic Nomenclature (see reports at http://www.iucr.org/iucr/commissions/cnom.html).
Atom sites not related by space-group symmetry should be identified by unique labels composed of a number appended to the IUPAC chemical symbol (e.g. C5, C7 etc.). Label numbers should not be placed in parentheses. Chemical and crystallographic numbering should be in agreement wherever possible. Crystallographically equivalent atoms in different asymmetric units should be identified in the text with lower-case Roman numeral superscripts appended to the original atom labels and the symmetry operators defined [e.g. C5i; symmetry code: (i) 1−x, −y, 1−z]. In diagrams, Roman numeral superscripts are preferred, but symmetry-related atoms may be marked by additional symbols or letters, with these defined in the caption. Atom labels should be as concise as possible and not contain superfluous characters, e.g. leading zeroes are unnecessary so that C01, C02 should appear as C1, C2, etc. H-atom numbers should correspond with that of their parent atom label, e.g. a phenyl H on atom C1 should appear as H1, not H1A, and methylene H atoms on C1 should appear as H1A and H1B or H11 and H12, unless this leads to naming ambiguities. Chemically ambiguous labels such as HO1a (signifying an H atom attached to an O atom) should be avoided. If there are supplementary figures with packing plots in an article, the atom labels in these plots should correspond with the asymmetric-unit coordinates. Symmetry-related atoms can be marked by suffixes to the atom labels; the symmetry operations to which these refer should be defined in the figure caption.
Space groups should be designated by the Hermann–Mauguin symbols. In triclinic systems, the Volume A of International Tables for Crystallography, should be used unless objective reasons to the contrary are stated. A list of equivalent positions should also be supplied. Hermann–Mauguin symbols should be used for designating point groups and crystallographically-imposed molecular symmetry. If there is a choice of origin, this should be stated in _publ_section_exptl_refinement.
must be used, and for other crystal systems, standard cell settings, as listed in6.2. Nomenclature of chemical compounds
Names of chemical compounds and minerals should conform to the nomenclature rules of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) and other appropriate bodies. Any accepted trivial or non-systematic name may be retained, but the corresponding systematic (IUPAC) name should also be given. For crystal structures containing chiral molecules, authors should make it clear whether the is a racemate or and if whether or not the assignment of the is justified. A corresponding CIF code should be entered into the data item _chemical_absolute_configuration. The title, compound name, chemical diagrams, atomic coordinates and must correspond to the enantio-composition and the selected configuration. It is also most helpful to indicate the crystallographic and of each molecule in the If the has not been determined from the diffraction data or assigned with reference to a compound of known the title and chemical scheme should not imply a known absolute structure.
Authors may find nomenclature programs such as AutoNom (http://www.mimas.ac.uk/crossfire/autonom.html) and ACDLABS (http://www.acdlabs.com/products/name_lab) to be useful resources when naming compounds.
7. References
All references cited in the article and in the supplementary materials should be given in the reference list. An extensive list of references is inappropriate for manuscripts submitted to this journal, which is intended for short structural reports. Manuscripts giving a substantive discussion of a Acta Crystallographica Section C.
and including many references are more appropriately submitted toReferences to published work must be indicated by giving the authors' names followed immediately by the year of publication, e.g. Neder & Schulz (1999) or (Neder & Schulz, 1999). Where there are three or more authors the reference in the text should be indicated in the form Smith et al. (1989) or (Smith et al., 1989) etc. (all authors should be included in the full list).
In the reference list, entries for journals [abbreviated in the style of Chemical Abstracts (the abbreviations Acta Cryst., J. Appl. Cryst. and J. Synchrotron Rad. are exceptions)], books, multi-author books, computer programs and personal communications should be arranged alphabetically (note the order below for four references with the same first author) and conform with the following style:
Albada, G. A. van, Mutikainen, I., Turpeinen, U. & Reedijk, J. (2001). Acta Cryst. E57, m421–m423.
Back, S., Rheinwald, G., del Rio, I., van Koten, G. & Lang, H. (2001). Acta Cryst. E57, m444–m445.
Bond, A. D. (2003). Acta Cryst. E59, o1992–o1993.
Bond, A. D., Clayden, J. & Wheatley, A. E. H. (2001). Acta Cryst. E57, o292–o294.
Bond, A. D. & Davies, J. E. (2002). Acta Cryst. E58, o5–o7.
Bond, A. D., Davies, J. E. & Kirby, A. J. (2001). Acta Cryst. E57, o1242–o1244.
Bruker (1998). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Bürgi, H.-B. (1989). Acta Cryst. B45, 383–390.
Filgueiras, C. A. L., Horn, A. Jr, Howie, R. A., Skakle, J. M. S. & Wardell, J. L. (2001). Acta Cryst. E57, o338–o340.
Hervieu, M. & Raveau, B. (1983a). Chem. Scr. 22, 117–122.
Hervieu, M. & Raveau, B. (1983b). Chem. Scr. 22, 123–128.
Hummel, W., Hauser, J. & Bürgi, H.-B. (2011). In preparation.
International Union of Crystallography (2001). (IUCr) Structure Reports Online, https://journals.iucr.org/e/journalhomepage.html
Jones, P. T. (1987). Personal communication.
Kiser, P. D., Lodowski, D. T. & Palczewski, K. (2011). Acta Cryst. F65, doi:10.1107/S1744309107020295.
Kooijman, H. & Spek, A. L. (2000). Acta Cryst. C56, e295–e296.
McCrone, W. C. (1965). Physics and Chemistry of the Organic Solid State, Vol. 2, edited by D. Fox, M. M. Labes & A. Weissberger, pp. 725–767. New York: Interscience.
Meyer, M. B., Zella, L. A., Nerenz, R. D. & Pike, J. W. (2008). J. Biol. Chem. doi:10.1074/jbc.M703475200.
Nonius (1997). KappaCCD Server Software. Nonius BV, Delft, The Netherlands.
Perkins, P. (2002). PhD thesis, University of London, England.
Robinson, P. D. (2011). Acta Cryst. E67. In the press. [Article reference sj3995].
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112–122.
Smith, J. V. (1988). Chem. Rev. 88, 149–182.
Smith, J. (2000). Private communication (refcode: PYMTLI01). CCDC, Cambridge, England.
Smith, J. V. & Bennett, J. M. (1981). Am. Mineral. 66, 777–788.
Vogel, A. (1978). Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, 4th ed. London: Longman.
Note that all authors and inclusive page numbers must be given, except when the cited article has only one page, and that all computer programs given in the relevant _computing_..._ entries must be referenced and included in the reference list. Identification of individual structures in the article by use of database reference (identification) codes should be accompanied by a full citation of the original literature in the reference list. The editor, publCIF (see §1.1), allows the consistency of references and citations to be checked.
8. Author information and services
Full details of guidelines for the preparation and editing of a via the online author help page at https://journals.iucr.org/e/services/cifinfo.html.
the data items required therein, standard data codes and keywords, templates, example CIFs, and data-validation criteria and procedures can be found8.1. Author tools
A number of tools are available to help with the preparation of articles.
The checkCIF/PLATON service at https://journals.iucr.org/services/cif/checking/checkfull.html allows CIFs and structure factors to be checked.
CIFs can be edited using publCIF, available from https://publcif.iucr.org, or enCIFer, available from http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/products/encifer/index.html.
A toolkit for preparing enhanced figures is available at http://submission.iucr.org/jtkt.
A preview of an article may be printed using the printCIF service at https://journals.iucr.org/services/cif/printcif.html.
8.2. Example of a submission and its published version
An example https://journals.iucr.org/services/cif/examples.html; this article has been published in the March 2007 issue of the journal [Clegg & Martin (2007). Acta Cryst. E63, m856] to show the features of the short-format style articles.
submission can be found at8.3. Electronic status information
Authors may obtain information about the current status of their article at https://journals.iucr.org/services/status.html.
8.4. Proofs
Proofs will be provided electronically as PDF files, and the contact author will be notified by e-mail when the proofs are ready for downloading. Any proof corrections must be returned within two days. Proofs will have been checked by the Section Editors, who reserve the right to make minor changes for consistency and conformity to Section E standards; any remaining problems will be referred back to authors.
8.5. Reprints
After publication, the contact author will be able to download the electronic reprint of the published article, free of charge.
8.6. Crystallography Journals Online
All IUCr journals are available on the web via Crystallography Journals Online; https://journals.iucr.org/.
9. Open access
Acta Crystallographica Section E is an open-access journal. The costs of peer review, of journal production, and of online hosting and archiving will be met by charging an open-access fee to authors.
Authors will be asked to pay an open-access fee upon acceptance of their article for publication. Authors from developing countries may apply for their open-access fees to be waived. Waiver requests must be made before submission of an article to the journal.
Authors whose institution has a full subscription to Acta Crystallographica Section C are eligible for a discount on the open-access fee. In addition, discounts are available for advance payment of open-access fees.
Full details of the open-access arrangements for Section E are available at https://journals.iucr.org/services/oa/openaccess_e.html.