● Photo-Induced Substituted Naphthalene Synthesis from 5,5-Diaryl-4,5-dihydrofurans, Hiroshi Nishino, Shougo Kajikawa, Yukiko Hamada, and Kazu Kurosawa, Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 5753-5756.

● Manganese(III)-Mediated Oxidative Radical Cyclization 2.  Reaction of 1,1,w,w- Tetraarylsubstituted Terminal Alkadienes with Malonamide or Acetoacetamide, Hiroshi Nishino, Hideaki Hashimoto, James D. Korp, and Kazu Kurosawa, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1995, 68, 1999-2009.

● Synthesis of 2,3,5-Trisubstituted Furans by the Acid-Catalyzed Decomposition of 1,2-Dioxan-3-ols, Chang-Yi Qian, Jun-ichi Hirose, Hiroshi Nishino, and Kazu Kurosawa, J. Heterocycl. Chem. 1994, 31, 1219-1227.

● Manganese(II) Acetate-Mediated Double 2-Hydroperoxyalkylations of Barbituric Acid and Its
 Derivatives, Chang-Yi Qian, Hiroshi Nishino, Kazu Kurosawa, and James D. Korp, J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 4448-4451.

● Total Synthesis of (+)-Porothramycin B, Tohru Fukuyama, Gang Liu, Steven D. Linton, Shao-Cheng Lin, and Hiroshi Nishino, Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 2577-2580.

● Manganese(III)-Mediated Free-Radical Cyclization of Active Methylene Compounds, Alkenes and Molecular Oxygen.  Syntheses of Sulfur- and Phosphorus-Containing 1,2-Dioxan-3-ols, Chang-Yi Qian, Hiroshi Nishino, and Kazu Kurosawa, J. Heterocycl. Chem. 1993, 30, 209-216.

● Manganese(II and III)-Mediated Free-Radical Cyclization of Alkenes, b -Keto Esters, and Molecular Oxygen, Takashi Yamada, Yoko Iwahara, Hiroshi Nishino, and Kazu Kurosawa, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1993, 609-616.

● Manganese(III)-Mediated Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation in the Reaction of Xanthenes with Active Methylene Compounds, Hiroshi Nishino, Hironori Kamachi, Harumi Baba, and Kazu Kurosawa, J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 3551-3557.

● Manganese(II and III)-Mediated Synthesis of Cyclic Peroxides from Alkenes, Active Methylene Compounds, and Molecular Oxygen, Chang-Yi Qian, Takashi Yamada, Hiroshi Nishino, and Kazu Kurosawa, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1992, 65, 1371-1378.

● Choice of Manganese(III) Complexes for the Synthesis of 4,4'-Biphenyldiols and 4,4'-Diphenoquiones, Hiroshi Nishino, Nobuyuki Itoh, Makiko Nagashima, and Kazu Kurosawa, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1992, 65,  620-622.
 
● Reactions of 1,1-Disubstituted Alkenes with Acetoacetamides and Molecular Oxygen in the Presence of Manganese(III) Acetate, Chang-Yi Qian, Hiroshi Nishino, and Kazu Kurosawa, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1991, 64, 3557-3564.

● Formation of 1,2-Dioxanes by the Use of Tris(2,4-pentanedionato)manganese(III) or Manganese(III) Acetate, Hiroshi Nishino, Shin-ichi Tategami, Takashi Yamada, James D. Korp,and Kazu Kurosawa, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1991, 64,  1800-1809.

● Manganese(III) or Cobalt(III)-mediated Oxidative Radical Reactions of Terminal Dienes.  One-Pot Synthesis of Bis(dihydrofuran)s, Hiroshi Nishino, Tomoaki Yoshida, and Kazu Kurosawa, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1991, 64 , 1097-1107.

● Reaction of Methoxynaphthalenes with Active methylene Compounds in the Presence of Manganese(III) Acetate, Katsunori Tsunoda, Mitsuyoshi Yamane, Hiroshi Nishino, and Kazu Kurosawa, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1991, 64, 851-856.