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Reviewer Instructions

Review articles should be written by leading experts and deal with topics of high current interest in any area of chemistry. Rather than an assembly of detailed information with a complete literature survey, a critically selected treatment of the material is desired; unsolved problems and possible developments should also be discussed. Reviews should be divided into numbered sections. Cross-references in the text should also use these section numbers. The Review should include a lead-in (1000 characters, no references), which should stimulate the readers? interest. The Introduction should primarily introduce the nonspecialist to the subject in as clear a way as possible. A Review should conclude with a section entitled Summary and Outlook, in which the achievements of and new challenges for the subject are presented succinctly. Overall a Review should not be of more than 100000 characters, including footnotes, literature citations, tables, and legends.

Referee Recommendation

Referees should give an overall recommendation as to whether a manuscript should be published without, with minor, or with major alterations, or should be rejected.

Please formulate the comments for the authors in a polite form, even when heavy criticism is being delivered.

Minor alterations include:

• To correct references or add more references;
• To improve the quality of graphics;
• To give more accurate explanations for some of the results;
• To shorten the manuscript;
• To correct typos or other minor mistakes.

Major alterations include:

• To include more examples to illustrate the points made;
• To completely rewrite the manuscript.

Manuscripts that require major alterations will usually be re-evaluated by the referee(s).

Manuscripts that cannot be accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie could perhaps be acceptable after minor or major improvements—either without further refereeing at all or after further refereeing by the same referees—for publication in one of Angewandte Chemie's sister journals.

To help us assess the paper we request that you answer the following questions:

1. Please rate the importance of the revised manuscript

2. Please rate the length of the revised manuscript

Overall a Review should not be of more than 100000 characters, including footnotes, literature citations, tables, and legends.

3. Are further changes/additions required

Please include any comments for the further improvements in the "Comments to Author" box.

4. Please indicate whether you have included attachments

If you have information that is relevant to the comments and recommendation you have made, this can be sent either as an attachment for the Handling Editor or for the Author. Where the attachment is for the author, please ensure that any formulations or file information will not give away your identity.