List of Publications

Mitsuo KIRA (Only articles written in English)

[Original papers]

1. Sakurai, H.; Kira, M.; Kumada, M., �gA Grignard reagent from chloromethyl methyl sulphide and its use in the preparation of methylthiomethyl-substituted polysilanes�h Chem. Commun. 1967, 889-890.
2. Sakurai, H.; M. Kira; Kumada, M., �gA new route to iodomethyl-substituted methylpolysilanes�h Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn 1968, 41, 1494.
3. Sakurai, H.; Deguchi, S.; Yamagata, M.; Morimoto, S.; Kira, M.; Kumada, M., �gPentamethyldisilanyl-substituted phenol and acetophenone. The electronic effects of pentamethyldisilanyl group�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1969, 18, 285-289.
4. Sakurai, H.; Okada, A.; Kira, M.; Yonezawa, K., �gTrimethylsilylsodium. A new preparation and some reactions involving a facile electron transfer from trimethylsilyl anion to naphthalene�h Tetrahedron Lett. 1971, 1511-1514.
5. Sakurai, H.; M. Kira; Kumada, M., �gA new oxygen-insertion reaction into silicon-silicon bonds with tertiary amine oxides�h Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn 1971, 44, 1167.
6. Sakurai, H.; Kira, M.; Ochiai, �gM., Ultraviolet and charge-transfer spectra of benzylsilanes�h Chem. Lett. 1972, 87-90.
7. Sakurai, H.; Kira, M.; Sato, T., �gSubstituent effect on the mass spectra of phenylpentamethyldisilanes�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1972, 42, C24-C26.
8. Sakurai, H.; Tasaka, S.; Kira, M., �gElectronic spectra of 1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-3,4-benzo-1,2-disilacyclopentene-3 and related compounds. Stereoelectronic verification of σ-π conjugation between silicon-silicon σ-bonds and benzenoid π systems�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1972, 94, 9285-9286.
9. Sakurai, H.; Okada, A.; Umino, H.; Kira, M., �gA new convenient method of producing radical anions involving one-electron transfer from trimethylsilylsodium�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1973, 95, 955-956.
10. Sakurai, H.; Kira, M.; Uchida, T., �gIntermolecular donation of a σ-electron from group IVb catenates to tetracyanoethylene. Evidence of electron paramagnetic resonance and charge-transfer spectra�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1973, 95, 6826-6827.
11. Sakurai, H.; Nishiwaki, K.; Kira, M., �gNew method of preparing silyl substituted carbanions by base catalyzed cleavage of carbon-silicon bonds. Application to syntheses of olefins�h Tetrahedron Lett.1973, 4193-4196.
12. Sakurai, H.; Kira, M., �gCharge-transfer spectra of some phenyl and naphthyl derivatives. Relative importance of σ-π conjugation involving the σ-Si-Si system�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1974, 96, 791-794.
13. Sakurai, H.; Ogi, K.; Hosomi, A.; Kira, M., �gAn electron spin resonance study of the bridge-head silyl radical�h Chem. Lett. 1974, 891-892.
14. Sakurai, H.; Kira, M.; Sato, M., �gA study of electron spin resonance spectra of the 1,1,2,2-tetramethyldisilanyl radical�h Chem. Lett. 1974, 1323-1326.
15. Sakurai, H.; Mochida, K.; Kira, M., �gAn electron spin resonance study of alkyl- and aryl-substituted germyl radicals�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975, 97, 929-931.
16. Sakurai, H.; Kira, M., �gCharge-transfer spectra of some p-substituted phenylpentamethyldisilanes. Substituent effects on the relative intensities of two charge-transfer bands�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975, 97, 4879-4883.
17. Sakurai, H.; Uchida, T.; Kira, M., �gAn electron spin resonance study on photo-induced radicals of (p-nitrobenzyl)trimethylsilane and related nitrobenzene derivatives�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1976, 107, 15-22
18. Nakadaira, Y.; Kobayashi, T.; Kira, M.; Sakurai, H.; Yamada, Y.; Shida, Y., �gMass spectroscopy of organosilicon compounds. Part 2. Methoxymethyldisilanes�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1976, 113, 249-256.
19. Kira, M.; Sakurai, H., �gTemperature dependent electron spin resonance spectra of cyclohexadienyl and silyl-substituted cyclohexadienyl radicals. On the conformation of the radicals�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 3892-3893.
20. Sakurai, H.; Mochida, K.; Kira, M., �gElectron spin resonance spectra of aryl-substituted germyl radicals�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1977, 24, 1235-1252.
21. Kira, M.; Watanabe, M.; Sakurai, H., �gSubstituent effects on the ESR spectra of cyclopentadienyl radicals. Removal of degeneracy by organosilyl groups�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 7780-7785.
22. Sakurai, H.; M. Kira; Umino, H., �gElectron transfer from trimethylsilyl potassium to benzophenone and naphthalene. Generation of anion radicals in nonpolar solvent such as n-hexane�h Chem. Lett. 1977, 1265-1268.
23. Kira, M.; Bock, H.; Hengge, E., �gRadical anions of perphenylcyclopolysilanes�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1979, 164, 277-280.
24. Bock, H.; Kaim, W.; Kira, M.; Osawa, H.; Sakurai, H., �gTris(trimethylsilylmethyl)aminium, ^+.N(CH₂SiMe₃)₃. A stable fluctional aminium radical cation�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1979, 164, 295-304.
25. Kira, M.; Bock, H.; Umino, H.; Sakurai, H., �gAlkyl ligand-exchange in bis(cyclopentadienyl)dialkyltitanium(III) radical anions�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1979, 173, 39-45.
26. Kira, M.; Watanabe, M.; Sakurai, H., �gElectron spin resonance studies on the cyclopentadienyl radicals. On the ¹³C hyperfine coupling constant and substituent effects by deuterium and alkyl groups�h Chem. Lett. 1979, 973-976.
27. Bock, H.; Kaim, W.; Kira, M.; West, R., �gNovel organosilicon radical cations. One-electron oxidation of permethylcyclopolysilanes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1979, 101, 7667-7670.
28. Sakurai, H.; Nakadaira, Y.; Kira, M.; Sugiyama, H.; Yoshida, K.; Takiguchi, T., �gEvidence for formation of free silyl radicals in the photolysis of aryldisilanes�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1980, 184, C36-C40.
29. Sakurai, H.; Nakadaira, Y.; Kira, M.; Tobita, H., �gTetrakis(trimethylsilyl)ethylene and related compounds. Crowded olefins�h Tetrahedron Lett. 1980, 21, 3077-3080.
30. Kira, M.; Watanabe, M.; Sakurai, H., �gSubstituent effects by deuterium and alkyl groups and ¹³C hyperfine coupling constants of cyclopentadienyl radicals as studied by electron spin resonance�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1980, 102, 5202-5207.
31. Sakurai, H.; Tobita, H.; Kira, M.; Nakadaira, Y., �gUnusually rapid cis-trans isomerization of a tetrasilylated ethylene: generation of free radicals during the rotation�h Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1980, 19, 620.
32. Kira, M.; Sakurai, H., �gElectron spin resonance spectra of 6-silyl-substituted cyclohexadienyl radicals produced by the reaction of silyl radicals with benzene�h Chem. Lett. 1981, 927-928.
33. Mochida, K.; Kira, M.; Sakurai, H., �gEvidence for phenyl bridging in benzyldimethylgermyl radicals by electron spin resonance�h Chem. Lett. 1981, 645-648.
34. Sakurai, H.; Sugiyama, H.; Kira, M.; Yamamoto, K., �gPreparation and uv spectra of nitrophenylpolysilanes�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1982, 225, 163-170.
35. Sakurai, H.; Koyama, T.; Kira, M.; Hosomi, A.; Nakadaira, Y., �gPolyspiro disilacyclohexadienes. A novel series of compounds showing spiroconjugation�h Tetrahedron Lett. 1982, 23, 543-546.
36. Kira, M.; Sakurai, H., �gThe ab initio optimized geometry of the 6-silylcyclohexadienyl radical�h Chem. Lett. 1982, 221-222.
37. Kira, M.; Watanabe, M.; Ichinose, M.; Sakurai, H., �gESR study on the 2-adamantyl and 2-(trimethylsiloxy)-2-adamantyl radicals�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1982, 104, 3762-3764.
38. Kira, M.; Osawa, H.; Sakurai, H., �gAn ESR study on β-trimethylsilylamine- and related amine-N-oxyls. Unusual conformational preference of the β-silyl group�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1983, 259, 51-63.
39. Sakurai, H.; Kira, M.; Sugiyama, H., �gReversibility in the homolytic aromatic substitution with silyl and germyl radicals�h Chem. Lett. 1983, 599-602.
40. Kira, M.; Sugiyama, H.; Sakurai, H., �gElectron spin resonance and chemical studies on the 6-(trimethylsilyl)cyclohexadienyl and related radicals�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1983, 105, 6436-6442.
41. Kira, M.; Nakazawa, H.; Sakurai, H., �gESR study of twisting in trimethylsilyl-substituted alkene cation radicals�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1983, 105, 6983-6984.
42. Kira, M.; Sakamoto, K.; Sakurai, H., �gPhotochemistry of dibenzo-1,1,2,2-tetramethyl-1,2-disilacyclohexadiene and the germanium analogue. Exclusive extrusion of the divalent species�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1983, 105, 7469-7470.
43. Bock, H.; Kaim, W.; Kira, M.; Rene, L.; Viehe, H.-G., �gDialkylamino-substituierte Acetylene und Allene: Ionization, Oxidation und AlCl₃-katalysierte Wasserstoff-ubertragung�h Z. Naturforsch. 1984, 39b, 763-770.
44. Sakurai, H.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gPhotochemical reaction of dibenzotetramethyldisilacyclohexadiene through charge-transfer complex�h Chem. Lett. 1984, 1213-1214.
45. Sakurai, H.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gPhotochemistry of dibenzo-1,1,2,2,3,3-hexamethyl-1,2,3-trisilacyclohepta-4,6-diene and the germanium analog. Generation of tetramethyldisilene by free-radical disproportionation and the first spectroscopic detection of dimethylgermylene�h Chem. Lett. 1984, 1379-1382.
46. Sakurai, H.; Ichinose, M.; Kira, M.; Traylor, T. G., �gUltraviolet, charge-transfer, and photoelectron spectra of phenyl-substituted group 4B catenates, PhMe₂E-E'Me₃ (E=Si, Ge; E'= C, Si, Ge, Sn)�h Chem. Lett. 1984, 1383-1384.
47. Kira, M.; Akiyama, M.; Sakurai, H., �gAn ESR study of conformational transmission in bis(trimethylsilylmethyl)methyl and related radicals�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1984, 271, 23-31.
48. Sakurai, H.; Sakamoto, K.; Nakamura, A.; Kira, M., �gPhotochemistry of di(9-anthryl)dimethylsilane and -germane�h Chem. Lett. 1985, 497-498.
49. Kira, M.; Nakazawa, H.; Sakurai, H., �gESR study of cation radicals of trimethylsilyl- and pentamethyldisilanyl-substituted benzene and related compounds. A systematic examination of the electron donor-acceptor effects on cyclic π radicals�h Chem. Lett. 1985, 1545-1548.
50. Kira, M.; Nakazawa, H.; Sakurai, H., �gESR study of electronic effects and preferred conformation of alkyl and silyl groups on the benzene cation radical�h Chem. Lett. 1985, 1841-1844.
51. Kira, M.; Nakazawa, H.; Sakurai, H., �gESR study of allylsilane cation radicals�h Chem. Lett. 1985, 1845-1848.
52. Kira, M.; Yoshida, H.; Sakurai, H., �gPhotochemistry of acyloxymethyl(benzyl)silanes. Evidence for the primary formation of a benzyl-silyl radical pair and mechanism of free-radical 1,2-(C-Si)-acyloxy migration�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 7767-7768.
53. Sakurai, H.; Yoshida, H.; Kira, M., �gPhotochemistry of [tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]benzene�h J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1985, 1780-1781.
54. Kira, M.; Nakazawa, H.; Sakurai, H., �gESR study of cation radicals of silyl-substituted ethers and sulfides�h Chem. Lett. 1986, 497-500.
55. Kira, M.; Takeuchi, K.; Sakurai, H., �gCharge-transfer interaction between polysilanes and π acceptors through C-C σ bonds�h Studies in Org. Chem. 1987, 31, 407-414.
56. Kira, M.; Nagai, S.; Nishimura, M.; Sakurai, H., �gNovel syntheses of bis(trialkylsilyl)amines by reductive trialkylsilylation of azo compounds�h Chem. Lett. 1987, 153-156.
57. Kira, M.; Sato, K.; Sakurai, H., �gReduction of carbonyl compounds with pentacoordinate hydridosiliconates�h J. Org. Chem. 1987, 52, 948-949.
58. Sakurai, H.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gNovel photochemical reactions of dibenzodisilacyclohexadiene with ketones�h Chem. Lett. 1987, 983-986.
59. Sakurai, H.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gPreparation and photochemistry of biphenyls bridged by Si-X-Si chains�h Chem. Lett. 1987, 1075-1078.
60. Kira, M.; Kobayashi, M.; Sakurai, H., �gRegiospecific and highly stereoselective allylation of aldehydes with allyltrifluorosilane activated by fluoride ions�h Tetrahedron Lett. 1987, 28, 4081-4084.
61. Kira, M.; Sato, K.; Sakurai, H., �gPentacoordinate hydridosiliconates with bidentate ligands derived from hexafluorocumyl alcohol. Characterization and reduction of carbonyl compounds�h Chem. Lett. 1987, 2243-2246.
62. Kira, M.; Takeuchi, K.; Kabuto, C.; Sakurai, H., σ(Si-Si)-π Intramolecular charge-transfer interaction and X-ray structure of 4-dicyanomethylene-1-silylsilacyclohexanes�h Chem. Lett. 1988, 353-356.
63. Kira, M.; Sato, K.; Sakurai, H., �gPentacoordinate allylsilicates: characterization and highly stereoselective reaction with aldehydes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 4599-4602.
64. Sakurai, H.; Kyushin, S.; Nakadaira, Y.; Kira, M., �gElectron spin resonance study on radicals stabilized by the σ-π captodative effect�h J. Phys. Org. Chem. 1988, 1, 197-207.
65. Sakurai, H.; Kudo, M.; Sakamoto, K.; Nakadaira, Y.; Kira, M.; Sekiguchi, A., �gA facile synthesis of tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)butatriene. Properties and cycloadditions�h Chem. Lett. 1988, 1441-1444.
66. Kira, M.; Hino, T.; Kubota, Y.; Matsuyama, N.; Sakurai, H., �gPreparation and ractions of 1,1,4,4-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)butane-1,4-diyl dianion�h Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29, 6939-6942.
67. Kira, M.; Hino, T.; Sakurai, H., �gStereohomogeneous synthesis of (E)- and (Z)-crotyltrifluorosilanes and highly stereoselective allylation of aldehydes�h Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 1099-1102.
68. Kira, M.; Sato, K.; Sakurai, H., �gPreparation and X-ray crystal structure of the first pentacoordinate silylsilicates�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 3747-3748.
69. Sato, K.; Kira, M.; Sakurai, H., �gAllylation of α-hydroxy ketones with allyltrifluorosilanes and allyltrialkoxysilanes in the presence of triethylamine. Stereochemical regulation involving chelated bicyclic transition states�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 6429-6431.
70. Sato, K.; Kira, M.; Sakurai, H., �gOxidative Si-C bond cleavage of organotrifluorosilanes involving organic-group migration from hypercoordinate silicon to oxygen�h Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 4375-4378.
71. Kira, M.; Akiyama, M.; Ichinose, M.; Sakurai, H., �gESR study of 2-substituted 2-adamantyl radicals. Configuration and long-range hyperfine interaction�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 8256-8262.
72. Kira, M.; Taki, T.; Sakurai, H., �gPhotochemical 1,3-silyl migration in allylsilanes occurring with inversion of silyl configuration�h J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 5647-5648.
73. Kira, M.; Sato, K.; Sakurai, H., �gHighly stereoselective allylation of aldehydes with pentacoordinate allylsilicates in hydroxylic media. Discrimination between linear and α-branched alkanals�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 257-260.
74. Sakurai, H.; Sugiyama, H.; Kira, M., �gDual fluorescence of aryldisilanes and related compounds. Evidence for the formation of 1(σπ*) orthogonal intramolecular charge-transfer (OICT) states�h J. Phys. Chem. 1990, 94, 1837-1843.
75. Kira, M.; Hino, T.; Sakurai, H., �gRegiospecific and diastereoselective crotylation of aldimines with crotyltrifluorosilanes activated by fluoride ions�h Chem. Lett. 1991, 277-280.
76. Kira, M.; Sato, K.; Sakurai, H.; Hada, M.; Izawa, M.; Ushio, J., �gAb initio MO study of the reaction of pentacoordinate allylsilicates with aldehydes�h Chem. Lett. 1991, 387- 390.
77. Kira, M.; Maruyama, T.; Sakurai, H., �gStereochemistry and mechanism for the addition of alcohols to a cyclic silene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 3986-3987.
78. Kira, M.; Yauchibara, R.; Hirano, R.; Kabuto, C.; Sakurai, H., �gSynthesis and X-ray structure of the first dicoordinate dialkylstannylene that is monomeric in the solid state�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 7785-7787.
79. Kira, M.; Miyazawa, T.; Mikami, N.; Sakurai, H., �gConformational analysis of phenylpentamethyldisilane and related compounds as studied by free jet laser spectroscopy�h Organometallics 1991, 10, 3793-3794.
80. Kira, M.; Maruyama, T.; Sakurai, H., �gThe first matrix-isolation and electronic structure of vinyl-substituted silylenes�h Tetrahedron Lett. 1992, 33, 243-246.
81. Kira, M.; Hino, T.; Sakurai, H., �gSiloxycarbenium tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borates and their role in reactions of ketones with nucleophiles�h Chem. Lett. 1992, 555-558.
82. Kira, M.; Hino, T.; Sakurai, H., �gAn NMR study of the formation of silyloxonium ions by using tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate as counteranion�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 6697-6700.
83. Kira, M.; Hino, T.; Sakurai, H., �gAn NMR study of the formation of N-silylacetonitrilium ions by using tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate as counteranion�h Chem. Lett. 1993, 153-156.
84. Kira, M.; Miyazawa, T.; Sugiyama, H.; Yamaguchi, M.; Sakurai, H., �gσπ* Orthogonal intramolecular charge-transfer (OICT) excited states and photoreaction mechanism of trifluoromethyl-substituted phenyldisilanes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 3116-3124.
85. Kira, M.; Maruyama, T.; Sakurai, H., �gExtraordinary large red shift of the n(Si)�¨3p(Si) transition of silylenes caused by trimethylsilyl and trimethylgermyl substituents�h Chem. Lett. 1993, 1345-1348.
86. Kira, M.; Hoshi, T.; Kabuto, C.; Sakurai, H., �gp- and m-Phenylenebis[trifluoro(phenyl)silicates] and related monosilicates�h Chem. Lett. 1993, 1859-1862.
87. Kira, M.; Oyamada, T.; Sakurai, H., �gTrialkyltin cation in solution�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1994, 471, C4-C5.
88. Kira, M.; Tokura, S., �gPhotochemically induced exchange of fluorine and β-silyl moieties in 2-fluorophenyldisilanes�h Chem. Lett. 1994, 1459-1462.
89. Kira, M.; Maruyama, T.; Sakurai, H., �gMatrix-isolation and electronic structure of vinyl-substituted silylenes and their complexes with bases�h Heteroatom Chem. 1994, 5, 305-312.
90. Kira, M.; Maruyama, T.; Kabuto, C.; Ebata, K.; Sakurai, H., �gStable tetrakis(trialkylsilyl)disilenes. Synthesis, X-ray structures, and remarkable substituent effects on electronic spectra�h Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1994, 33, 1489-1491.
91. Kira, M.; Miyazawa, T.; Koshihara, S.; Y. Segawa; Sakurai, H., �gPhotoreaction via non-resonant two-photon excitation: selective silylene extrusion from 2,2-diphenyltrisilane�h Chem. Lett. 1995, 3-4.
92. Miyazawa, T.; Koshihara, S.; Segawa, Y.; Kira, M., �gSelective isomerization of cis-stilbene by non-resonant two-photon excitation�h Chem. Lett. 1995, 217 - 218.
93. Kira, M.; Sato, K.; Sekimoto, K.; Gewald, R.; Sakurai, H., �gStereoselective allylation of β-hydroxy- and β-amino-α,β-enones with allyltrifluorosilane/triethylamine systems�h Chem. Lett. 1995, 281 - 282.
94. Kira, M.; Zhang, L. C.; Kabuto, C.; Sakurai, H., �gSynthesis and structure of hexacoordinate organosilicon compounds having tropolonate ligands�h Chem. Lett. 1995, 659 - 660.
95. Kira, M.; Hoshi, T.; Sakurai, H., �gA new mode of fluoride-ion exchange reactions between tetracoordinate silane and pentacoordinate fluorosilicate�h Chem. Lett. 1995, 807 - 808.
96. Kodaira, T.; Watanabe, A.; Ito, O.; Matsuda, M.; Tokura, S.; Kira, M.; Nagano, S.; Mochida, K., �gThird-order nonlinear optical properties of thin films of organogermane homopolymers and organogermane-organosilane copolymers�h Adv. Mater. 1995, 7, 917-919.
97. Gewald, R.; Kira, M.; Sakurai, H., �gHighly regio- and stereoselective allylation of α-diketones via the fluorosilicate route�h Synthesis 1996, 111-115.
98. Hoshi, T.; Takahashi, M.; Kira, M., �gSynchronized fluorine exchange with ring inversion of pentafluoro-1,4-disilacyclohexane anion�h Chem. Lett. 1996, 683 - 684.
99. Kira, M.; Iwamoto, T.; Maruyama, T.; Kabuto, C.; Sakurai, H., �gTetrakis(trialkylsilyl)digermenes. Salient effects of trialkylsilyl-substituents on planarity around Ge=Ge bond and remarkable thermochromism�h Organometallics 1996, 15, 3767 - 3769.
100. Kira, M.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C., �gThe first stable cyclic disilene: hexakis(trialkylsilyl)tetrasilacyclobutene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 10303 - 10304.
101. Ebihara, K.; Koshihara, S.; Miyazawa, T.; Kira, M., �gPolysilane-based polymer diodes emitting ultraviolet light�h Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 1996, 35, 1278 - 1280.
102. Ebihara, K.; Koshihara, S.; Miyazawa, T.; Kira, M., �gUltraviolet electroluminescence in polysilane thin film�h J. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1996, 286, 245 - 250.
103. Kira, M.; Zhang, L. C.; Kabuto, C.; Sakurai, H., �gSynthesis and reactions of neutral hypercoordinate allylsilicon compounds having tropolonato ligand�h Organometallics 1996, 15, 5335-5341.
104. Miyazawa, T.; Liu, Z.-L.; Liu, C.-Y.; Koshihara, S.; Kira, M., �gAction spectra of non-resonant two-photon (NRTP) isomerization of α,β-diphenylpolyenes�h Chem. Lett. 1996, 1023 -1024.
105. Sakamoto, K.; Tsutsui, S.; Sakurai, H.; Kira, M., �gGeneration and trapping of bis(dialkylamino)silylenes: Experimental evidence for bridged structure of diaminosilylene dimmers�h Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1997, 70, 253-260.
106. Zhang, L. C.; Sakurai, H.; Kira, M., �gEnantioselective allylation of aldehydes using tartrate ester modified allylsilanes�h Chem. Lett. 1997, 129 - 130.
107. Takahashi, M.; Kira, M., �gA theoretical study of stereochemistry of 1,3-migration in allylsilane and related allylmetallic compounds�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 1948 - 1953.
108. Kira, M.; Tokura, S., �gThermal ring-opening polymerization of [2.2]paracyclophanes having two disilanylene bridges�h Organometallics 1997, 16 , 1100-1102.
109. Sakamoto, K.; Ogasawara, J.; Sakurai, H.; Kira, M., �gThe first silatriafulvene derivative: generation, unusually low reactivity towards alcohols, and isomerization to silacyclobutadiene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 3405-3406.
110. Miyazawa, T.; Liu, C. Y.; Kira, M., �gSelective carbon-bromine bond fission induced by non-resonant two-photon (NRTP) excitation of trans-4-bromostilbene�h Chem. Lett. 1997, 459-460.
111. Miyazawa, T.; Liu, C. Y.; Koshihara, S.; Kira, M., �gRemarkable suppression of [2+2] cycloaddition during non-resonant two-photon (NRTP) photoreaction of t-stilbene in the presence of tetramethylethylene�h Photochem. Photobiol. 1997, 66, 566-568.
112. West, R.; Cavalieri, J. D.; Buffy, J. J.; Fry, C.; Zilm, K. W.; Duchamp, J. C.; Kira, M.; Iwamoto, T.; Muller, T.; Apeloig, Y., �gA solid-state NMR and theoretical study of the chemical bonding in disilenes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 4972-4976.
113. Tajima, Y.; Ishikawa, H.; Miyazawa, T.; Kira, M.; Mikami, N., �gFirst observation of intramolecular charge-transfer emission from jet-cooled (p-cyanophenyl)pentamethyldisilane in an isolated molecular condition�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 7400-7401.
114. Ebihara, K.; Matsushita, S.; Koshihara, S.; Minami, F.; Miyazawa, T.; Obata, K.; Kira, M., �gUltraviolet luminescence and electro-luminescence of polydihexylsilane�h J. Lumin. 1997, 72-74, 43-45.
115. Obata, K.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gInduction of helical chirality in linear oligosilanes by terminal chiral substituents�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 11345-11346.
116. Tokura, S.; Yasuda, T.; Segawa, Y.; Kira, M., �gNovel σ-π alternating polymers having 2,2'- bipyridyl in the polymer backbone and their ruthenium complexes�h Chem. Lett. 1997, 1163-1164.
117. Sakamoto, K.; Aimiya, T.; Kira, M., �gPreparation of hyperbranched polymethacrylates by self-condensing group transfer polymerization�h Chem. Lett. 1997, 1245-1246.
118. Kanno, K.; Ichinohe, M.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis and structure of a series of oligo[1,1-(2,3,4,5-tetramethylsilol)]s�h Chem. Lett. 1998, 99-100.
119. Miyazawa, T.; Saeki, T.; Liu, C.; Kira, M., �gPhotodegradation of polysilane polymers by non-resonant two-photon excitation�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 1084-1085.
120. Ebata, K.; Setaka, W.; Inoue, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M.; Sakurai, H., �gPlanar hexasilylbenzene dianion with thermally accessible triplet state�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 1335-1336.
121. Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gA mechanistic study of thermal and photochemical isomerization between hexasilyltetrasilabicyclo[1.1.0]butane and hexasilyltetrasilacyclobutene�h Chem. Lett. 1998, 277-278.
122. Kira, M.; Zhang, L.-C.; Kabuto, C.; Sakurai, H., �gStructure of (tropolonato)₄ M-type compounds (M = Si, Ge, and Sn)�h Organometallics 1998, 17, 887-892.
123. Veszpremi, T.; Takahashi, M.; Ogasawara, J.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gAn ab initio MO study of structure and reactivity of 4-silatriafulvene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 2408-2414.
124. Tajima, Y.; Ishikawa, H.; Shimanuki, Y.; Miyazawa, T.; Mikami, N.; Kira, M., �gMicroscopic solvation effects on Si-Si bond cleavage reactions of cluster cation radicals of (p-cyanophenyl)pentamethyldisilane with hydroxylic molecules�h Chem. Lett. 1998, 415-416.
125. Mochida, K.; Ginyama, H.; Takahashi, M.; Kira, M., �gPhotochemical reactions of digermanyl-substituted naphthalenes: The germyl migration to the aromatic ring�h J. Organomet. Chem. 1998, 553, 163-171.
126. Obata, K.; Kira, M., �gRemarkable effects of side-chain alkyl substituents on thermochromic behavior of peralkyldecasilanes�h Chem. Commun. 1998, 1309-1310.
127. Obata, K.; Kira, M., �gTemperature dependent CD spectra of poly(dihexylsilylene)s with terminal chiral groups. Coupled Cotton effects of silicon σ chains�h Macromolecules 1998, 31, 4666-4668.
128. Tsutsui, S.; Sakamoto, K.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gX-Ray crystallographic analysis of a 3-silacyclopropene with electronegative substituents on silicon�h Organometallics 1998, 17, 3819-3821.
129. Tsutsui, S.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gBis(diisopropylamino)silylene and its dimer�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 9955-9956.
130. Kira, M.; Obata, T.; Kon, I.; Hashimoto, H.; Ichinohe, M.; Sakurai, H.; Kyushin, S.; Matsumoto, H., �gPersistent tri(t-butyldimethylsilyl)silyl radical and its new generation methods�h Chem. Lett. 1998, 1097-1098.
131. Iwamoto, T.; Sakurai, H.; Kira, M., �gBimolecular reactions of tetrakis(trialkylsilyl)disilenes with various reagents�h Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1998, 71, 2741-2747.
132. Veszprémi, T.; Takahashi, M.; Hajgato, B.; Ogasawara, J.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gSubstituent effects on the structure and aromaticity of 4-silatriafulvene�h J. Phys. Chem. (A) 1998, 102, 10530-10535.
133. Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gThe first stable cyclotrisilene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 886-887.
134. Kira, M.; Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Ichinohe, M.; Kabuto, C.; Ignatovich, L.; Sakurai, H., �gSynthesis and structure of a stable cyclic dialkylgermylene�h Chem. Lett. 1999, 263-264.
135. Setaka, W.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gAn ESR study of a tetrasilaspirobiindane anion radical. Stereoelectronic electron-accepting effects of a trialkylsilyl group�h Chem. Lett. 1999, 317-318.
136. Zhang, L. C.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gRetention stereochemistry of thermal 1,3-silyl migration in allylic silanes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 2925-3936.
137. Miyazawa, T.; Koshihara, S.; Liu, C.; Sakurai, H.; M.Kira, �gMechanistic studies of photochemical silylene extrusion from 2,2-diaryltrisilanes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 3651-3656.
138. Obata, K.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis, structure, and spectroscopic properties of perhexyloligosilanes�h Organometallics 1999, 18, 2216-2222.
139. Liu, C.; Zeng, H.; Segawa, Y.; Kira, M., �gOptical limiting performance of a novel σ-π alternating polymer�h Optics Commun. 1999, 162, 53-56.
140. Zeng, H.; Liu, C.; Tokura, S.; Kira, M.; Segawa, Y., �gScanning second-harmonic microscopy of a thin film of &sigma:-π copolymer with 2,2-bipyridine in the backbone�h J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 1999, 11, L333-340.
141. Zeng, H.; Liu, C.; Kira, M.; Segawa, Y., �gExcimer-like emission of a novel σ-π alternating polymer with 2,2'-bipyridyl in the backbone�h J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 1999, 32, L225-230.
142. Takahashi, M.; Kira, M., �gA theoretical study of mechanisms of 1,3-silyl migration in formylmethylsilane and related compounds. Comparison with allylsilane�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 8597-8603.
143. Kanno, K.; Kira, M., �gDirect reactions of zirconacyclopentadienes with halosilanes as a convenient synthetic method for siloles�h Chem. Lett. 1999, 1127-1128.
144. Kira, M.; Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C., �gThe first isolable dialkylsilylene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9722-9723.
145. Kira, M.; Kwon, E.; Kabuto, C.; Sakamoto, K., �gX-Ray crystal structure and dynamic behavior of pentafluoro-9,10-disila-9,10-dihydroanthracene anion salts having transannular 1,4-fluorine bridge�h Chem. Lett. 1999, 1183-1184.
146. Hashimoto, H.; Obara, S.; Kira, M., �gSubstituent effects on catalytic synthesis and properties of poly(phenylsilane)�h Chem. Lett. 2000, 188-189.
147. Manaka, T.; Hoshi, H.; Ishikawa, K.; Takazoe, H.; Koshihara, S.; Kira, M.; Miyazawa, T., �gLarge order-disorder transition in polydihexylsilane films as studied by second-harmonic generation spectroscopy�h Chem. Phys. Lett. 2000, 317, 260-263.
148. Kira, M.; Ohya, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Ichinohe, M.; Kabuto, C., �gFacile rotation around Si=Si double bonds in tetrakis(trialkylsilyl)disilenes�h Organometallics 2000, 19, 1817-1819.
149. Arai, M.; Koshihara, S.; Ueda, M.; Yoshimoto, M.; Saiki, T.; Mononobe, S.; Ohtsu, M.; Miyazawa, T.; Kira, M., �gObservation of polysilane by near-field scanning optical microscope for ultraviolet (UV) region�h J. Lumin. 2000, 87-89, 951-953.
150. Setaka, W.; Ebata, K.; Sakurai, H.; Kira, �gMultiplicity of planar hexasilylbenzene dianions. Effects of substituents and countercations�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 7781-7786.
151. Iwamoto, T.; Tamura, M.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gA stable bicyclic compound with two Si=Si double bonds�h Science 2000, 290, 504-506.
152. Takahashi, M.; Veszprémi, T.; Hajgato, B.; Kira, M., �gTheoretical study on stereochemical diversity in the addition of water to disilene�h Organometallics 2000, 19, 4660-4662.
153. Miyazawa, T.; Saeki, T.; Liu, C.; Kira, M., �gRemarkable temperature dependence of two-photon absorption of poly(dihexylsilylene) in solution�h Chem. Lett. 2000, 1264-1265.
154. Zeng, H.; Liu, C.; Tokura, S.; Kira, M.; Segawa, Y., �gOptical limiting and bistability of a σ-π photoconductive copolymer�h Chem. Phys. Lett. 2000, 331, 71-77.
155. Kwon, E.; Sakamoto, K.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gHydrogenation of silyl-substituted alkynes using diimide. Application to the synthesis of saturated sila-macrocycles�h Chem. Lett. 2000, 1416-1417.
156. Stange, A. F.; Tokura, S.; Kira, M., �gRuthenium and rhenium complexes with silyl-substituted bipyridyl ligands�h J. Organomet. Chem. 2000, 612, 117-124.
157. Takahashi, M.; Tsutsui, S.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M.; Muller, T.; Apeloig, Y., �gDimers of diaminosilylenes- Doubly bonded or bridged? The dimers of (i-Pr₂N)₂Si:�h. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 347-348.
158. Kira, M.; Ishima, T.; Iwamoto, T.; Ichinohe, M., �gA mechanistic study of reactions of stable disilenes with haloalkanes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 1676-1682.
159. Obata, K.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gNovel polysilane synthesis using chemical vapor deposition�h Macromolecules 2001, 34, 2739-2741.
160. Ichino, Y.; Minami, N.; Yatabe, T.; Obata, K.; Kira, M., �gMolecular orientation in vacuum-deposited peralkyloligosilane thin films�h J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 4111-4117.
161. Takahashi, M.; Veszprémi, T.; Kira, M., �gImportance of frontier orbital interactions in addition reaction of water to disilene�h Int. J. Quantum Chem. 2001, 84, 192-197.
162. Takahashi, M.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gSubstituent effects on inversion motion of 4-silatriafulvene derivatives: An ab initio MO study�h Int. J. Quantum Chem. 2001, 84, 198-207.
163. Veszprémi, T.; Takahashi, M.; Hajgato, B.; Kira, M., �gThe mechanism of 1,2-addition of disilene and silene. 1. Water and alcohol addition�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 6629-6638.
164. Hashimoto, H.; Yagihashi, Y.; Ignatovich, L.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis, characterization, and photoreactions of 1,2-disiladigermacyclobutane�h Heteroatom Chem. 2001, 12, 398-405.
165. Kira, M.; Iwamoto, T.; Yin, D.; T. Maruyama; Sakurai, H., �gNovel 1,2-dilithiodisilanes derived from reduction of stable tetrakis(trialkylsilyl)disilene with lithium metals�h Chem. Lett. 2001, 910-911.
166. Takahashi, M.; Kira, M.; Sakamoto, K.; Muller, T.; Apeloig, Y., �gTheoretical prediction of vertical transition energies of diaminosilylenes and amino-substituted disilenes�h J. Comput. Chem. 2001, 22, 1536-1541.
167. Setaka, W.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M.; Power, P. P., �gSynthesis and structure of stable tri(tert-butyl)germyl-substituted stannylene and germylene�h Organometallics 2001, 20, 4460-4462.
168. Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gUnexpected reactions of an isolable dialkylsilylene with haloalkanes�h Chem. Lett. 2001, 1102-1103.
169. Kira, M.; Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Yauchibara, R.; Sakurai, H., �gNew synthesis of a stable dialkylstannylene and its reversible complexation with tetrahydrofuran�h J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 636, 144-147.
170. Kanno, K.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis and electronic spectra of 2,5-bis(2-arylethenyl)siloles�h Chem. Heterocycl. Compds 2001, 1519-1523.
171. Iwamoto, T.; Yin, D.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gThe first 1,3-disilabicyclo[1.1.0]butane with long bridge silicon-silicon bond�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 12730-12731.
172. Hashimoto, H.; Sekiguchi, Y.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis and X-ray structure of novel platinum η²-disilene complex�h Organometallics 2002, 21, 454-456.
173. Kira, M.; Badugu, R.; Li, T.; Setaka, W.; Sakamoto, K.; Hashimoto, H., �gMetal-ion induced intramolecular charge-transfer fluorescence of p-pentamethyldisilanylacetophenone�h Chem. Lett. 2002, 242-244.
174. Kira, M.; Iwamoto, T.; Maruyama, T.; Kuzuguchi, T.; Yin, D.; Kabuto, C.; Sakurai, H., �gHexakis(trialkylsilyl)cyclotrisilanes and photochemical generation of bis(trialkylsilyl)silylenes�h J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2002, 1539-1544.
175. Hashimoto, H.; Hayashi, Y.; Aratani, I.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gInterconversion among μ-silylene, μ-silyl, and μ-silane diruthenium complexes in the presence of dihydrosilane�h Organometallics 2002, 21, 1534-1536.
176. Kira, M.; Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C., �gExcited-state reactions of an isolable silylene with aromatic compounds�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3830-3831.
177. Sakamoto, K.; Ogasawara, J.; Kon, Y.; Sunagawa, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gThe first isolable 4-silatriafulvene�h Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2002, 41, 402-1404.
178. Hajgato, B.; Takahashi, M.; Kira, M.; Veszprémi, T., �gThe mechanism of 1,2-addition of disilene and silene II. Hydrogen halide addition�h Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 2026-2133.
179. Takahashi, M.; Veszprémi, T.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gRole of initial complexes in 1,2-addition reactions of disilene derivatives�h Mol. Phys. 2002, 100, 1703-1712.
180. Ishikawa, H.; Shimanuki, Y.; Sugiyama, M.; Tajima, Y.; Kira, M.; Mikami, N., �gIntramolecular charge-transfer process of jet-cooled (p-cyanophenyl)pentamethyldisilane: roles of the tortional motion and the Si-Si bond change. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6220-6230.
181. Ishikawa, H.; Sugiyama, M.; Kishi, T.; Kira, M.; Mikami, N., �gRotational analysis of jet-cooled phenylpentamethyldisilane: Vibronic interaction with the intramolecular charge-transfer state�h Chem. Phys. 2002, 283, 379-388.
182. Setaka, W.; Kira, M., �gTriplet dimers of silylbenzene anion radicals in low-temperature glass matrices�h Chem. Phys. Lett. 2002, 363, 447-450.
183. Iwamoto, T.; Okita, J.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., "Sila-metallation route to hydrido(trialkylsilyl)silyllithiums" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 11604-11605.
184. Kwon, E.; Sakamoto, K.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis and structures of sila-macrobicyclic compounds: Syn and anti isomers of hexasilabicyclo[12.8.8]triacontane�h Silicon Chem. 2002, 1, 391-395.
185. Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gA stable silicon-based allene analogue with a formally sp-hybridized silicon atom�h Nature 2003, 421, 725-727.
186. Sakamoto, K.; Naruoka, T.; Kira, M., �gRegulation of main-chain conformation of permethyldecasilane by complexation with γ-cyclodextrin�h Chem. Lett. 2003, 32, 380-382.
187. Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gRadical anion of isolable dialkylsilylene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 3212-3213.
188. Hashimoto, H.; Aratani, I.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gHydrosilylation of nitriles, imines, and ketones using a μ-silane diruthenium complex�h Organometallics 2003, 22, 2199-2201.
189. Iwamoto, T.; Tamura, M.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gPhotochemical isomerization and X-ray structure of stable [tris(trialkylsilyl)silyl]cyclotrisilene�h Organometallics 2003, 22, 2342-2344.
190. Iwamoto, T.; Masuda, H.; Ishida, S.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gAddition of stable nitroxide radical to stable divalent compounds of heavier group-14 elements�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9300 - 9301.
191. Kon, Y.; Ogasawara, J.; Sakamoto, K.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gA stable silicon congener of highly strained bicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-1,3,6-triene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9310 - 9311.
192. Iwamoto, T.; Okita, J.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis, structure, and isomerization of A₂Si=SiB₂-type tetrakis(trialkylsilyl)disilenes�h J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 686 , 105-111.
193. Hashimoto, H.; Sekiguchi, Y.; Sekiguchi, Y.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gComparison of structures between platinum and palladium complexes of tetrasilyldisilene�h Can. J. Chem. 2003, 81, 1241-1245.
194. Ishikawa, H.; Sugiyama, H.; Shimanuki, Y.; Tajima, Y.; Setaka, W.; Kira, M.; Mikami, N., �gSpectroscopic investigation on the microscopic solvation effect on the intramolecular charge-transfer process of (p-cyanophenyl)pentamethyldisilane in supersonic jets�h J. Phys. Chem. A. 2003, 107, 10781-10786.
195. Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gInsertion of a stable dialkylsilylene into silicon-chlorine bonds�h Silicon Chem. 2003, 2, 137-140.
196. Setaka, W.; Hirai, K.; Sakamoto, K.; Tomioka, H.; Kira, M., �gStannaacetylene (RSn≡CR') showing carbene-like reaction mode�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2696-2697.
197. Iwamoto, T.; Masuda, H.; Ishida, S.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gDiverse reactions of nitroxide-radical adducts of silylene, germylene, and stannylene�h J. Organomet. Chem. 2004, 689, 1337-1341.
198. Setaka, W.; Hamada, N.; Kira, M., �gNovel synthesis and bridge-head functionalization of permethylbicyclo[2.2.2]octasilane�h Chem. Lett. 2004, 33, 626-628.
199. Masuda, H.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gUnusual reactions of isolable dialkylgermylene and dialkylstannylene with galvinoxyl radical�h Rus. Chem. Bull. 2004, 53, 1105-1108.
200. Kira, M.; Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Meijere, A. d.; Ito, O.; Fujitsuka, M., �gSinglet excited state of stable dialkylsilylene that is responsible for its photoreactions�h Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 4512-4515.
201. Miura, Y.; Nanjo, M.; Mochida, K.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gNovel group 14 elements-bridged self-assembled supramolecules from pyrimidine derivatives and palladium ions�h Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2004, 7, 1017-1018.
202. Kira, M.; Sekiguchi, Y.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C., �g14-Electron disilene-palladium complex having strong π-complex character�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 12778-12779.
203. Hashimoto, H.; Suzuki, K.; Setaka, W.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gIron complexes of (E)- and (Z)-1,2-dichlorodisilenes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13628-13629.
204. Takahashi, M.; Veszprémi, T.; Kira, M., �g1,2-Addition reaction of monosubstituted disilenes: An ab initio study�h Organometallics 2004, 23, 5768-5778.
205. Iwamoto, T.; Masuda, H.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gTrigermaallene and 1,3-digermasilaallene�h Organometallics 2005, 24, 197-199.
206. Kon, Y.; Sakamoto, K.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gSilacyclobutadiene cobalt complex�h Organometallics 2005, 24, 1407-1409.
207. Setaka, W.; Hamada, N.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gIntramolecular charge-transfer fluorescence of 1-phenyltridecamethylbicyclo[2.2.2]octasilane�h Chem. Commun. 2005, 4666-4668.
208. Iwamoto, T.; Abe, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gA missing group-14 element trimetallaallene. 2-Germadisilaallene�h Chem. Commun. 2005, 5190-5192.
209. Kobayashi, H.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gA stable fused bicyclic disilene as a model for silicon surface�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15376-15377.
210. Ishikawa, H.; Sugiyama, M.; Baba, I.; Setaka, W.; Kira, M.; Mikami, N., �gDetermination of the equilibrium structure of the charge-transfer state of (p-cyanophenyl)pentamethyldisilane by means of transient infrared spectroscopy�h J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 8959-8961.
211. Iwamoto, T.; Sekiguchi, Y.; Yoshida, N.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gLigand dependence of π-complex character in disilene-palladium complexes�h Dalton Trans. 2006, 177-182.
212. Abe, T.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis, structure, and bonding of stable dialkylsilaketenimines�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4228-4229.
213. Setaka, W.; Sato, K.; Ohkubo, A.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gPhenylene bridged polysilaalkane macrocycles as framed molecular rotor�h Chem. Lett. 2006, 35, 596-597.
214. Tanaka, R.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gFused tricyclic disilenes with highly strained Si=Si double bonds: addition of a Si-Si single bond to a Si=Si double bond�h Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2006, 45, 6371-6373.
215. Setaka, W.; Kanai, S.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gTrimethylsilyl-substituted dibenzodehydro[12]annulene having high thermal and chemical stability�h Chem. Lett. 2006, 35, 1364-1365.
216. Iwamoto, T.; Sato, K.; Ishida, S.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis, properties, and reactions of a series of stable dialkyl-substituted silicon-chalcogen doubly bonded compounds�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16914-16920.
217. Iwamoto, T.; Abe, T.; Ishida, S.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gReactions of trisilaallene and 2-germadisilaallene with various reagents�h J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 263-270.
218. Ishikawa, H.; Sugiyama, M.; Setaka, W.; Kira, M.; Mikami, N., �gDirect observation of the solvent reorientation dynamics in the twisted intramolecular charge-transfer process of cyanophenyldisilane-water cluster by transient infrared spectroscopy�h Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2007, 9, 117-126.
219. Watanabe, C.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gDinuclear palladium complex with a bridging dialkylsilylene ligand�h Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 284-285.
220. Iwamoto, T.; Uchiyama, K.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis of tricyclo[3.1.0.0^2,4]hexasilane and its photochemical isomerization to tricyclo[2.2.0.0^2,5]hexasilane�h Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 368-369.
221. Setaka, W.; Ohmizu, S.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gA molecular gyroscope having phenylene rotator encased in three-spoke silicon-based stator�h Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 1076-1077.
222. Phan, S. T.; Setaka, W.; Kira, M., �gRing-closing metathesis for the synthesis of phenylene-bridged silamacrocycles�h Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 1180-1181.
223. Uchiyama, K.; Nagendran, S.; Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gThermal and photochemical cleavage of Si= Si double bond in tetrasila-1, 3-diene�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 10638-10639.
224. Kira, M.; Kadowaki, T.; Yin, D.; Sakamoto, K.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C., �gSynthesis and structure of ethynylsilyllithiums�h Organometallics 2007, 26, 4890-4895.
225. Ueba-Ohshima, K.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis, structure, and facile ring flipping of a bicyclo[1.1.0]tetrasilane�h Organometallics 2008, 27, 320-323.
226. Iwamoto, T.; Yin, D.; Boomgaarden, S.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �g1,3-Digermabicyclo[1.1.0]butane with an inverted bridge Ge-Ge σ bond�h Chem. Lett. 2008, 37, 520-521.
227. Watanabe, C.; Iwamoto, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gFourteen-electron bis(dialkylsilylene)palladium and Twelve-Electron Bis(dialkylsilyl)palladium�h Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 5386-5389.
228. Phan, S. T.; Setaka, W.; Kira, M., �gSilicon-based synthesis of [2]rotaxanes without polar functional groups and their axle conformation controlled by wheel�h Chem. Lett. 2008, 37, 976-977.
229. M. Sugiyama, H. Ishikawa, W. Setaka, M. Kira, N. Mikami, J. Phys. Chem. A. 2008, 112, 1168-1171.
230. Setaka, W.; Nirengi, T.; Kabuto, C.; Kira, M., �gIntroduction of clutch function into a molecular gear system by silane-silicate interconversion�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 15762-15763.
231. Setaka, W.; Hirai, K.; Tomioka, H.; Sakamoto, K.; Kira, M., �gFormation of a stannylstannylene via intramolecular carbene insertion of a transient stannaacethylene (RSn≡CR')�h Chem. Commun. 2008, 6558-6560.
232. McCollum, B. M.; Abe, T.; Brodovitch, J.-C.; Clyburne, J. A. C.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M.; Percival, P. W.; West, R., �gProbing the reactivity of a stable silene using muonium�h Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 2008, 47, 9772-9774.
233. Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gIsomerization of an isolable silylene into a silene via 1,2-Silyl Migration�h Organometallics 2009, 28, 919-921.
234. Iwamoto, T.; Kobayashi, M.; Uchiyama, K.; Shin Sasaki; Nagendran, S.; Isobe, H.; Kira, M., �g Anthryl-substituted trialkyldisilene showing distinct intramolecular charge-transfer transition�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3156-3157.
235. Lai, G.; Xu, Z.; Li, Z.; Jiang, J.; Kira, M.; Qiu, H., �gStereoelectronic substituent effects on silylene insertion into the Si-Cl bond�h Organometallics 2009, 28, 3591-3593.
236. Xu, Z.; Jin, J.; Li, Z.; Qiu, H.; Jiang, J.; Lai, G.; Kira, M., �gRemarkable substituent effects on the activation energy of silylene insertion into silicon-chlorine bonds�h Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 8605-8612.
237. Kira, M.; Iwamoto, T.; Ishida, S.; Masuda, H.; Abe, T.; Kabuto, C., �gUnusual bonding in trisilaallene and related heavy allenes�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 17135-17144.
238. Abe, T.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gA stable 1,2-disilacyclohexene and its 14-electron palladium(0) complex�h J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 5008-5009.
239. Setaka, W.; Ohmizu, S.; Kira, M. �gMolecular gyroscope having a halogen-substituted phenylene rotator and silaalkane chain stators�h Chem. Lett. 2010, 39, 468-469.
240. Iwamoto, T.; Furiya, Y.; Kobayashi, H.; Isobe, H.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis and facile ring expansion of silylenecyclotetrasilane�h Organometallics 2010, 29, 1869-1872.
241. Iwamoto, T.; Ohnishi, N.; Gui, Z.; Ishida, S.; Isobe, H.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis and structure of stable base-free dialkylsilanimines�h New. J. Chem. 2010, 34, 1637-1645.
242. Watanabe, C.; Inagawa, Y.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gSynthesis and structures of (dialkylsilylene)bis(phosphine)-nickel, palladium, and platinum complexes and (ƒÅ⁶-arene)(dialkylsilylene)nickel complexes�h Dalton Trans. 2010, 9414-9420.
243. Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �hReactions of an isolable dialkylsilylene with ketones�h Organometallics 2010, 29, 5526-5534.
244. Morita Y.; Nagaya N.; Shibata Y.; Kwon E.; Oikawa H.; Nakanishi H.; Kira, M.; Sakamoto, K., "Nanocrystallization of Oligosilanes by a Reprecipitation Method: Easy Fabrication of H-Aggregates of Linear-Chain Oligosilane Molecules" Chem. Commun. 2010, advance article.
245. Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., �gAddition of a Stable Dialkylsilylene to Carbon-Carbon Unsaturated Bonds�h Heteroatom Chem. 2010, accepted (Special Issue dedicated to Prof. K. Akiba).
246. Iwamoto, T.; Okita, J.; Yoshida, N.; Kira, M., �gStructure and Reactions of an Isolable Ge=Si Doubly Bonded Compound, Tetra(t-butyldimethylsilyl)germasilene�h Silicon 2010, (Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Apeloig) Silicon 2011, 2, 209-216.
247. Morita, Y.; Nagaya, N.; Shibata, Y.; Kwon, E.; Oikawa, H.; Nakanishi, H.; Kira, M.; Sakamoto, K., "Nanocrystallization of Oligosilanes by a Reprecipitation Method: Easy Fabrication of H-Aggregates of Linear-Chain Oligosilane Molecules" Chem. Commun. 2011, 47 , 2315-2317.
248. Xu, Z.; Jin, J.; Zhang, H.; Li, Z.; Jiang, J.; Lai, G.; Kira, M., "Insertion of Silylenes into Si-H and Si-Cl Bonds. Comparison of Mechanism and Substituent Effects." Organometallics 2011, 30, 3311-3317.
249. Ishida, S.; Iwamoto, T.; Kira, M., "Addition of a Stable Dialkylsilylene to Carbon-Carbon Unsaturated Bonds." Heteroat. Chem. 2011, 22, 432-437.
250. Kira, M., "Distortion Modes of Heavy Ethylenes and Their Anions: π-σ* Orbital Mixing Model." Organometallics 2011, 30, 4459-4465.
251. Ishida, S.; Uchida, K.; Onodera, T.; Oikawa, H.; Kira, M.; Iwamoto, T., "Siloxy-Substituted Cyclopentadiene Showing Aggregation-Enhanced Emission: An Application of Cycloaddition of Isolable Dialkylsilylene." Organometallics 2012, 31, 5983-5985.
252. Abe, T.; Tanaka, R.; Ishida, S.; Kira, M.; Iwamoto, T., "New Isolable Dialkylsilylene and its Isolable Dimer That Equilibrate in Solution." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20029-20032.
253. Chen, W.; Wang, L.; Li, Z.; Lin, A.; Lai, G.; Xiao, X.; Deng, Y.; Kira, M., "Diverse reactivity of an isolable dialkylsilylene toward imines." Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 1872 - 1878.
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