A demonstration of the achemso LATEX class†

Andrew N. Other,‡,k Fred T. Secondauthor,‡,⊥ I. Ken Groupleader,∗,‡,¶,k Susanne

K. Laborator,∗,§ and Kay T. Finally‡,¶

‡Department of Chemistry, Unknown University, Unknown Town

¶Department of Chemistry, Second University, Nearby Town
§Lead Discovery, BigPharma, Big Town, USA
kA shared footnote
⊥Current address: Some other place, Othertöwn, Germany

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Phone: +123 (0)123 4445556. Fax: +123 (0)123 4445557

Abstract

This is an example document for the achemso document class, intended for sub-

missions to the American Chemical Society for publication. The class is based on

the standard LATEX 2ε report file, and does not seek to reproduce the appearance of a

published paper.

This is an abstract for the achemso document class demonstration document. An

abstract is only allowed for certain manuscript types. The selection of journal and

manuscript will determine if an abstract is valid. If not, the class will issue an appro-

priate error.
†
A footnote for the title

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Introduction

This is a paragraph of text to fill the introduction of the demonstration file. The demon-
stration file attempts to show the modifications of the standard LATEX macros that are
implemented by the achemso class. These are mainly concerned with content, as opposed to
appearance.

Results and discussion

Outline

The document layout should follow the style of the journal concerned. Where appropriate,
sections and subsections should be added in the normal way. If the class options are set
correctly, warnings will be given if these should not be present.

References

The class makes various changes to the way that references are handled. The class loads
natbib, and also the appropriate bibliography style. References can be made using the normal
method; the citation should be placed before any punctuation, as the class will move it if
using a superscript citation style. 1–4 The use of natbib allows the use of the various citation
commands of that package: Abernethy et al. have shown something, in 1999, or as given by
Ref. 1. Long lists of authors will be automatically truncated in most article formats, but
not in supplementary information or reviews. 6 If you encounter problems with the citation
macros, please check that your copy of natbib is up to date. The demonstration database
file achemso-demo.bib shows how to complete entries correctly. Notice that “et al.” is
auto-formatted using the \latin command.
Multiple citations to be combined into a list can be given as a single citation. This uses
the mciteplus package. 7 Citations other than the first of the list should be indicated with

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a star. If the mciteplus package is not installed, the standard bibliography tools will still
work but starred references will be ignored. Individual references can be referred to using
\mciteSubRef: “ref. 7.c”.
The class also handles notes to be added to the bibliography. These should be given in
place in the document. 8 As with citations, the text should be placed before punctuation. A
note is also generated if a citation has an optional note. This assumes that the whole work
has already been cited: odd numbering will result if this is not the case. 9

Floats

New float types are automatically set up by the class file. The means graphics are included
as follows (Scheme 1). As illustrated, the float is “here” if possible.

Your scheme graphic would go here: .eps format

for LATEX or .pdf (or .png) for pdfLATEX
ChemDraw files are best saved as .eps files:
these can be scaled without loss of quality, and can be
converted to .pdf files easily using eps2pdf.
Scheme 1: An example scheme

As well as the standard float types table

and figure, the class also recognises
scheme, chart and graph.
Figure 1: An example figure

Charts, figures and schemes do not necessarily have to be labelled or captioned. However,
tables should always have a title. It is possible to include a number and label for a graphic
without any title, using an empty argument to the \caption macro.
The use of the different floating environments is not required, but it is intended to make
document preparation easier for authors. In general, you should place your graphics where
they make logical sense; the production process will move them if needed.

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Math(s)

The achemso class does not load any particular additional support for mathematics. If
packages such as amsmath are required, they should be loaded in the preamble. However,
the basic LATEX math(s) input should work correctly without this. Some inline material
y = mx + c or 1 + 1 = 2 followed by some display.

A = πr2

It is possible to label equations in the usual way (Eq. 1).

d 2
r = 2r (1)
dx

This can also be used to have equations containing graphical content. To align the equation
number with the middle of the graphic, rather than the bottom, a minipage may be used.

As illustrated here, the width of

the minipage needs to allow some (2)
space for the number to fit in to.

Experimental

The usual experimental details should appear here. This could include a table, which can
be referenced as Table 1. Notice that the caption is positioned at the top of the table.

Table 1: An example table

Header one Header two

Entry one Entry two
Entry three Entry four
Entry five Entry five
Entry seven Entry eight

Adding notes to tables can be complicated. Perhaps the easiest method is to generate

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these using the basic \textsuperscript and \emph macros, as illustrated (Table 2).

Table 2: A table with notes

Header one Header two

a
Entry one Entry two
b
Entry three Entry four
a
Some text; b Some more text.

The example file also loads the optional mhchem package, so that formulas are easy to
input: \ce{H2SO4} gives H2 SO4 . See the use in the bibliography file (when using titles in
the references section).
The use of new commands should be limited to simple things which will not interfere
with the production process. For example, \mycommand has been defined in this example, to
give italic, mono-spaced text: some text .

Extra information when writing JACS Communications

When producing communications for J. Am. Chem. Soc., the class will automatically lay
the text out in the style of the journal. This gives a guide to the length of text that can be
accommodated in such a publication. There are some points to bear in mind when preparing
a JACS Communication in this way. The layout produced here is a model for the published
result, and the outcome should be taken as a guide to the final length. The spacing and
sizing of graphical content is an area where there is some flexibility in the process. You
should not worry about the space before and after graphics, which is set to give a guide to
the published size. This is very dependant on the final published layout.
You should be able to use the same source to produce a JACS Communication and a
normal article. For example, this demonstration file will work with both type=article and
type=communication. Sections and any abstract are automatically ignored, although you
will get warnings to this effect.

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Acknowledgement

Please use “The authors thank . . . ” rather than “The authors would like to thank . . . ”.
The author thanks Mats Dahlgren for version one of achemso, and Donald Arseneau for
the code taken from cite to move citations after punctuation. Many users have provided
feedback on the class, which is reflected in all of the different demonstrations shown in this
document.

Supporting Information Available

This will usually read something like: “Experimental procedures and characterization data
for all new compounds. The class will automatically add a sentence pointing to the infor-
mation on-line:

References

(1) Abarca, A.; Gómez-Sal, P.; Martı́n, A.; Mena, M.; Poblet, J. M.; Yélamos, C. Ammonoly-
sis of mono(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) titanium(iv) derivatives. Inorg. Chem. 2000,
39, 642–651.

(2) Abernethy, C. D.; Codd, G. M.; Spicer, M. D.; Taylor, M. K. A highly stable
N-heterocyclic carbene complex of trichloro-oxo-vanadium(v) displaying novel Cl—
C(carbene) bonding interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 1128–1129.

(3) Friedman-Hill, E. Jess in Action: Java Rule-based Systems, 1st ed.; Manning Publica-
tions Co.: Greenwich, CT, USA, 2003.

(4) Communication from the European Commission to the European Council and the Eu-
ropean Parliament: 20 20 by 2020: Europe’s climate change opportunity; European
Commission: Brussels, Belgium, 2008.

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(5) Cotton, F. A.; Wilkinson, G.; Murillio, C. A.; Bochmann, M. Advanced Inorganic Chem-
istry, 6th ed.; Wiley: Chichester, United Kingdom, 1999.

(6) Frisch, M. J. et al. Gaussian 03. Gaussian, Inc.: Wallingford, CT, 2004.

(7) (a) Johnson, A. L. (E. I. du Pont de Nemours). 1-(Alkylsubstituted phenyl)imidazoles

useful in ACTH reverse assay. US Patent 3637731, 1972; (b) Arduengo, A. J., III; Dias, H.
V. R.; Harlow, R. L.; Kline, M. Electronic stabilization of nucleophilic carbenes. J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 5530–5534; (c) Appelhans, L. N.; Zuccaccia, D.; Kovacevic, A.;
Chianese, A. R.; Miecznikowski, J. R.; Macchioni, A.; Clot, E.; Eisenstein, O.; Crab-
tree, R. H. An anion-dependent switch in selectivity results from a change of C—H acti-
vation mechanism in the reaction of an imidazolium salt with IrH5 (PPh3 )2 . J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2005, 127, 16299–16311; (d) Arduengo, A. J., III; Gamper, S. F.; Calabrese, J. C.;
Davidson, F. Low-coordinate carbene complexes of nickel(0) and platinum(0). J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 4391–4394.

(8) This is a note. The text will be moved the the references section. The title of the section
will change to “Notes and References”.

(9) Ref. 5, p. 1.

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Graphical TOC Entry

Some journals require a graphical entry for the Table

of Contents. This should be laid out “print ready”
so that the sizing of the text is correct.
Inside the tocentry environment, the font used is
Helvetica 8 pt, as required by Journal of the American
Chemical Society.
The surrounding frame is 9 cm by 3.5 cm, which is
the maximum permitted for Journal of the American
Chemical Society graphical table of content entries.
The box will not resize if the content is too big: in-
stead it will overflow the edge of the box.
This box and the associated title will always be
printed on a separate page at the end of the doc-
ument.