# 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.

# Acknowledgements

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.

# Suppinfo

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 information on-line:

# Table of Contents

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: instead 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 document.