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S. Araki, T. Seki, K. Sakakibara, M. Hirota, Y. Kodama, M. Nishio, Tetrahedron: Asym. 1993, 4, 555-574: Effect of CH/pi Interaction on Chiroptical Properties of Olefins and Dienes. (dedicaed to the late Professor G. Snatzke)

H. Suezawa, A. Mori, M. Sato, R. Ehama, I. Akai, K. Sakakibara, M. Hirota, M. Nishio, Y. Kodama, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 1993, 6, 399-406: Evidence for the Presence of CH-pi Interacted ap-Conformers of Benzyl Formates.

S. Araki, K. Sakakibara, M. Hirota, M. Nishio, S. Tsuzuki, K. Tanabe, Tetrahedron Lett. 1991, 32, 6587-6590: Theoretical Study of CH-pi Interaction. Significant Enhancement of CD Spectra due to the Participation of CH/pi Interaction.

M. Karatsu, H. Suezawa, K. Abe, M. Hirota, M. Nishio, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1986, 59, 3529-3534: Infrared C-D Stretching and 2H NMR Spectra of Isopropyl-2-d 1-(p-Substituted Phenyl)ethyl Ketones. Evidence for the Hydrogen Bond-Like Interaction between C-D Group and Aromatic pi-Electrons.

M. Hirota, T. Sekiya, K. Abe, H. Tashiro, M. Karatsu, M. Nishio, E. Osawa, Tetrahedron 1983, 39, 3091-3099: Theoretical Description of the Preference of Vicinal Alkyl/Phenyl gauche Conformation by Molecular Mechanics. An Alternative Interpretation for the CH-pi Attractive Interaction.

N. Kunieda, H. Endo, M. Hirota, Y. Kodama, M. Nishio, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1983, 56, 3110-3117: The Conformational Analysis of 1-p-Tolyl-2-phenyl-1-pentanols, 1-p-Tolyl-2-phenylethanol, and 1-p-Tolyl-2-phenyl-1-propanone by Means of NMR Spectroscopy.

K. Kobayashi, Y. Kodama, M. Nishio, T. Sugawara, H. Iwamura, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1982, 55, 3560-3564: The Conformation of Several 1-Phenylethyl and 1-Aryl Sulfoxides. Evidence for Attractive Aryl/Aryl Interaction.

S. Zushi, Y. Kodama, Y. Fukuda, K. Nishihata, M. Nishio, M. Hirota, J. Uzawa, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1981, 54, 2113-2119: An Occurrence of Attractive Alkyl-Phenyl Interaction. The Conformations of Several 1-Phenyl-2-alkanols.

J. Uzawa, S. Zushi, Y. Kodama, Y. Fukuda, K. Nishihata, K. Umemura, M. Nishio, M. Hirota, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1980, 53, 3623-3630: The Conformation of Several Aliphatic Alcohols. The General Occurrence of the Attractive Alkyl/Phenyl Interaction.

S. Zushi, Y. Kodama, K. Nishihata, K. Umemura, M. Nishio, J. Uzawa, M. Hirota, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1980, 53, 3631-3640: The Conformations of 2-Phenylpropionaldehyde and Some Aliphatic Ketones. The Possible Importance of the CH/pi and CH/n Interactions in Determining the Molecular Geometry of a Mobile System.

Y. Kodama, S. Zushi, K. Nishihata, M. Nishio, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 1980, 1306-1312: A General Preference for gauche Alkyl-Phenyl Interactions. The Use of Lanthanide Shift Reagents in determining the Preferred Conformations of Some Alkyl 1-Phenylethyl Sulphoxides.

Y. Kodama, K. Nishihata, S. Zushi, M. Nishio, J. Uzawa, K. Sakamoto, H. Iwamura, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1979, 52, 2661-2669: The Conformation of a Diastereoisomeric Pair of 2,2-Dimethyl-4-phenyl-3-pentanols.

M. Hirota, Y. Takahashi, M. Nishio, K. Nishihata, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1978, 51, 2358-2360: Conformational Analysis of Some Benzyl t-Butyl Sulfoxides by Measurement of Their Dipole Moments.

M. Nishio, 29th Symposium on Protein Structures, 1978, Osaka, Abstract, 161-164: CH/pi Interaction and the Structure of Protein. (in Japanese)

Y. Kodama, K. Nishihata, M. Nishio, N. Nakagawa, Tetrahedron Lett. 1977, 24, 2105-2108: Attractive Interaction between Aliphatic and Aromatic Systems.

Y. Kodama, K. Nishihata, M. Nishio, Y. Iitaka, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 1976, 1490-1495: X-Ray Study of (aS,SS/aR,SR)-1-(p-Bromophenyl)ethyl t-Butyl Sulphoxide and Conformational Analysis of Diastereoisomeric Pairs of 1-Phenylethyl t-Butyl Sulphoxides.

Y. Iitaka, Y. Kodama, K. Nishihata, M. Nishio, Chem. Commun. 1974, 389-390: X-ray Structure Determination of 1-(p-Bromophenyl)ethyl t-Butyl Sulfoxide. Configuration and Conformation.

M. Nishio, Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1969, 17, 262-273: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Sulfur Compounds. III. The Substituent and Solvent Effect on Magnetic Nonequivalence of the Methylene Protons of Phenyl Phenacyl and Phenyl Benzyl Sulfoxides.