Original Papers
- "Synthesis of a Dilithiobutadiene Bearing Extremely Bulky Silyl Substituents and its Reactivity toward Functionalized Silanes"
 K. Münster, S. Kudo, T. Kuwabara, E. Shimamura, S. Furukawa, Y. Yoshida, S. Ishida, T. Iwamoto, K. Tanifuji, Y. Ohki, M. Minoura and M. Saito
 Dalton Trans., 54, 4030–4038 (2025).
 (Selected as an Inside Front Cover)
 
- "Charge Transport through Single-Molecule Junctions with σ-Delocalized Systems"
 S. Fujii, S. Seko, T. Tanaka, Y. Yoshihara, S. Furukawa, T. Nishino and M. Saito
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 19566–19571 (2024).
- "Synthesis of a Highly Iodinated Biphenyl with Extension of σ-Delocalization"
 Y. Takada, M. Minoura, S. Furukawa and M. Saito
 Chem. Lett., 53, upae038 (2024) (4 pages).
- "Synthesis of O- and N-Substituted Pentaiodobenzenes Bearing σ-Symmetric Delocalized Orbitals by Site-selective Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions"
 Y. Takada, M. Minoura, S. Furukawa and M. Saito
 Chem. Lett., 53, upad040 (2024) (4 pages).
- "Creation of (σ+π)-Mixed Delocalization"
 M. Saito, T. Suzuki, K. Takahashi, S. Seko, S. Furukawa and S. Fujii
 Chem. Lett., 52, 760-763 (2023).
- "σ-Delocalization between Non-bonded Selenium Atoms on Multiply Se-substituted Benzenes"
 M. Saito, T. Suzuki, K. Takahashi, S. Seko, S. Furukawa and K. Ishimura
 Chem. Lett., 52, 97-99 (2023).
- "Activating a [FeFe] Hydrogenase Mimic for Hydrogen Evolution under Visible Light"
 P. Buday, C. Kasahara, E. Hofmeister, D. Kowalczyk, M. K. Farh, S. Riediger, M. Schulz, M. Wächtler, S. Furukawa, M. Saito, D. Ziegenbalg, S. Gräfe, P. Bäuerle, S. Kupfer, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić and W. Weigand
 Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 61, e202202079 (2022). (5 pages)
 (Selected as a Very Important Paper)
- "Ferroelectric Columnar Assemblies from the Bowl-to-Bowl Inversion of Aromatic Cores"
 S. Furukawa, J. Wu, M. Koyama, K. Hayashi, N. Hoshino, T. Takeda, Y. Suzuki, J. Kawamata, M. Saito and T. Akutagawa
 Nature Commun., 12, 768 (2021). (9 pages)
 (Highlighted in C&EN)
- "Transition-metal Capping to Suppress Back-donation to Enhance a Donor Ability"
 M. Saito, J. Hamada, S. Furukawa, M. Hada, L. Dostál and A. Růžička
 Organometallics, 39, 4191-4194 (2020).
 (Selected as a Supplementary Journal Cover)
- "Hybrid Molecular Junctions using Au–S and Au–π Bindings"
 S. Fujii, M. Iwane, S. Furukawa, T. Tada, T. Nishino, M. Saito and M. Kiguchi
 J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 9261-9268 (2020).
- "Stereoselective Thermal Isomerization of Triphosphasumanenes, Utilized for Stereocontrolled Synthesis"
 Y. Suda, S. Furukawa and M. Saito
 Chem. Lett., 49, 419-422 (2020).
- "13C- and 207Pb-NMR Chemical Shifts of Dirhodio and Dilithioplumbole Complexes: A Quantum Chemical Assesment"
 R. Narayanan, M. Nakada, M. Abe, M. Saito and M. Hada
 Inorg. Chem., 58, 14708-14719 (2019).
- "Synthesis and Properties of Perfluoroalkylated TIPS-Pentacenes"
 T. Agou, S. Suzuki, Y. Kanno, T. Hosoya, H. Fukumoto, Y. Mizuhata, N. Tokitoh, Y. Suda, S. Furukawa, M. Saito and T. Kubota
 Tetrahedron, 75, 130678 (2019). (8 pages)
- "Inverted Sandwich Rh Complex Bearing a Plumbole Ligand and its Catalytic Activity"
 M. Saito, M. Nakada, T. Kuwabara, R. Owada, S. Furukawa, R. Narayanan, M. Abe, M. Hada, K. Tanaka and Y. Yamamoto
 Organometallics, 38, 3099-3103 (2019).
 (Selected as a Cover Picture)
- "Anionic Stannaferrocene and its Unique Electronic State"
 M.Saito, N. Matsunaga, J. Hamada, S. Furukawa, R. H. Hereber and T. Tada
 Chem. Lett., 48, 163-165 (2019).
- "Double Aromaticity Arising from σ- and π-Rings"
 S. Furukawa, M. Fujita, Y. Kanatomi, M. Minoura, M. Hatanaka, K. Morokuma, K. Ishimura and M. Saito
 Commun. Chem., 1, 60 (2018). (7 pages)
 (Highlighted in C&EN, Chemistry World, and ChemistryViews; Selected as an Editor's pick)
- "Heterobimetallic Triple-decker Complexes Dericed from a Dianionic Aromatic Stannole Ligand"
 M. Saito, N. Matsunaga, J. Hamada, S. Furukawa, M. Minoura, S. Wegner, J. Barthel and C. Janiak
 Dalton Trans., 47, 8892-8896 (2018).
 (Selected as a Back Cover)
- "Synthesis and Properties of Spiro-type Heterasumanenes Containing Group 14 Elements as Bridging Atoms"
 S. Furukawa, K. Hayashi, K. Yamagishi and M. Saito
 Mater. Chem. Front, 2, 929-934 (2018).
- "Synthesis and Structures of Sterically Encumbered Group 14 Monolithio Compounds and Unexpected Differences in Their Reactivity"
 L. C. Pop, N. Kurokawa, H. Ebata, T. Tomizawa, T. Tajima and M. Saito
 Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 4969-4975 (2017).
 (Selected as a Very Important Paper)
- "Relativistic Effect on 1J(M, C) in Me4M, Me3M–, Ph4M, and Ph3M– (M = Pb, Sn, Ge, Si and/or C): Role of s-Type Lone Pair Orbitals in the Distinct Effect on 1J(Pb, C) for the Anionic Species"
 S. Hayashi, T. Nishida, W. Nakanishi and M. Saito
 ChemPhysChem, 18, 2466-2474 (2017).
 (Highlighted in Science Trends)
- "Anisotropic Crystals Based on Main-group Coordination Polymer with Alignment of Rigid π-Skeletons"
 M. Saito, T. Akiba, S. Furukawa, M. Minoura, M. Hada and H. Y. Yoshikawa
 Organometallics, 36, 2487-2490 (2017).
- "Formation of Dibenzopentalane-linking Polymers under CVD and Wet Conditions"
 M. Saito, Y. Suda, S. Furukawa, T. Nakae, T. Kojima and H. Sakaguchi
 Chem. Lett., 46, 1099-1101 (2017).
- "A Triphosphasumanene Trisulfide: High Out-of-Plane Anisotropy and Janus-type π-Surfaces"
 S. Furukawa, Y. Suda, J. Kobayashi, T. Kawashima, T. Tada, S. Fujii, M. Kiguchi and M. Saito
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 5787-5792 (2017).
- "Reactions of Dilithium Dibenzopentalenides with Cr(CO)3(CH3CN)3: Unexpected Formation of A Cubic Tetramer of An Anionic Hydrodibenzopentalenyl Complex"
 T. Kuwabara, N. Kurokawa and M. Saito,
 ChemPlusChem, 82, 1039-1042 (2017).
- "Efficient Synthesis of 1,4-Bis-heteroatom-substituted Tetraselanylbenzenes via 1,4-Dilithiation of Hexaselanylbenzene and Investigation on Their Electronic Properties"
 M. Fujita, S. Furukawa, M. Saito
 Chem. Asian J., 12, 954-957 (2017).
 (Selected as a Front Cover)
- "Synthesis and Reactivity of a Ruthenocene-type Complex Bearing an Aromatic p-Ligand with the Heaviest Group 14 Element"
 M. Nakada, T. Kuwabara, S. Furukawa, M. Hada, M. Minoura and M. Saito,
 Chem. Sci., 8, 3092-3097 (2017).
- "(η4-Butadiene)Sn(0) Complexes: A New Approach for Zero-valent p-Block Elements Utilizing a Butadiene as a 4π-Electron Donor"
 T. Kuwabara, M. Nakada, J. Hamada, J. D. Guo, S. Nagase and M. Saito
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 11378–11382 (2016).
- "Soft Wet-chemical Synthesis of Ru-Sn Nanoparticles from Single-source Ruthenocene-stannole Precursors in an Ionic Liquid"
 S.Wegner, M. Saito, J. Barthel and C. Janiak
 J. Organomet. Chem., 821, 192-196 (2016).
- "Synthesis  of a Stannole Dianion Complex Bearing a μ-η1;η1-Coordination  Mode: Different Electronic State of Stannole Dianion Ligands Depending on their  Hapticity"
 T. Kuwabara and M. Saito
 Organometallics, 34, 4202-4204 (2015).
- "Diverse  Coordination Modes in Tin Analogues of a Cyclopentadienyl Anion Depending on  the Substituents on the Tin Atom"
 T. Kuwabara, M. Nakada, J. D. Guo, S. Nagase and M. Saito
 Dalton Trans., 44, 16266-16271 (2015). 
(Selected as an  Inside Front Cover)
- "A Reversible Two-electron Redox System Involving a Divalent  Lead Species"
 M. Saito, M. Nakada, T. Kuwabara and M. Minoura
 Chem. Commun., 51, 4674-4676 (2015).
- "Unexpected Dehalogenation Reactions of Dichloroborane  Bearing a NCN-Pincer Ligand: Formation of a Borenium Salt"
 M. Saito, K. Matsumoto, M. Fujita and M. Minoura
 Heteroatom Chem., 25, 354-360 (2014).
- "Synthesis,  Structures and Electronic Properties of Triple- and Double-decker Ruthenocenes  Incorporated A Group 14 Metallole Dianion Ligand"
 T. Kuwabara, J. D. Guo, S. Nagase, T. Sasamori, N. Tokitoh and M. Saito
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 13059-13064 (2014).
- "Facile Synthesis of Dibenzopentalene Dianions and Their  Application as Novel π-Extended Ligands" 
 T. Kuwabara, K. Ishimura, T. Sasamori, N. Tokitoh and M. Saito
 Chem. Eur. J., 20, 7571-7575 (2014).
- "Synthesis and Structures of Monomeric Group 14 Triols and  their Reactivity" 
 L. C. Pop, N. Kurokawa, H. Ebata, K. Tomizawa, T. Tajima, M. Ikeda, M. Yoshioka, M. Biesemans, R. Willem, M. Minoura and M. Saito
 Can. J. Chem., 92, 542-548 (2014).
- "Enhancement of Stannylene Character in Stannole Dianion Equivalents  Evidenced by NMR, Moessbauer Spectroscopies and Theoretical Studies of Newly  Synthesized Silyl-substituted Dilithiostannoles" 
 T. Kuwabara, J. D. Guo, S. Nagase, M. Minoura, R. H. Herber and M. Saito
 Organometallics, 33, 2910-2913 (2014).
- "σ-Aromaticity in Hexa-Group 16 Atom-Substituted Benzene  Dications. A Theoretical Study" 
 M. Hatanaka, M. Saito, M. Fujita, and K. Morokuma
 J. Org. Chem., 79, 2640-2646 (2014).
- "Quantum-Chemical Analyses of Aromaticity, UV Spectra, and  NMR Chemical Shifts in Plumbacyclopentadienylidenes Stabilized by Lewis  Bases" 
 T. Kawamura, M. Abe, M. Saito and M. Hada
 J. Comput. Chem., 35, 847-853 (2014).
 (Selected as a Back Cover)
 
- "Diversity of the Structures  in a Distannene Complex and its Reduction to Generate Six-membered Ti2Sn4  Ring Complex" 
 T. Kuwabara, J. D. Guo, S. Nagase and M. Saito
 Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 53, 434-438 (2014).
- "Synthesis and Structures of Lewis-base-Stabilized  Plumbacyclopentadienylidenes and their Reactivity" 
 M. Saito, T. Akiba, M. Kaneko, T. Kawamura, M. Abe, M. Hada and M. Minoura
 Chem. Eur. J., 19, 16946-16953 (2013).
 (Selected as a Back Cover)
- "Debromination of 1,2-Bis(phenylseleno)benzene  Dibromide" 
 M. Saito, M. Fujita, Y. Kanatomi and K. Ishimura
 Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 86, 990-992 (2013).
- "Unexpected  Formation of Ru2Sn2 Bicyclic Four-membered Ring Complexes  with a Butterfly and an Inverse Sandwich Structure"
 T. Kuwabara, M. Saito, J. D. Guo and S. Nagase
 Inorg. Chem., 52, 3585-3587 (2013).
- "Synthesis, Structures, and Optical Properties of Novel Heterasumanenes Containing Group 14 Elements and their Related Compounds" 
 T. Tanikawa, M. Saito, J. D. Guo, S. Nagase and M. Minoura
 Eur. J. Org. Chem., 7135-7142 (2012).
- "Molecular  Structure and Electronic State of the Dibenzo[a,e]pentalene Anion  Radical"
 M. Saito, Y. Hashimoto, T. Tajima,K. Ishimura, S. Nagase and M. Minoura
 Chem. Asian J., 7, 480-483 (2012).
 (Selected as an Inside Cover)
- "Synthesis of a Novel Lithocene that has Aromatic-like Nature  with Non-aromatic Rings" 
 M. Saito, T. Kuwabara, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 Chem. Asian J., 6, 2907-2910 (2011).
- "1,1'-Di-tert-butyl-2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5'-octaethyl-1,1'-bistannole" 
 T. Kuwabara and M. Saito
 Acta Crystallogr. E., 67, m949 (2011).
- "Synthesis, Structures and Optical Properties of  Trisilasumanene and its Related Compounds"
 T. Tanikawa, M. Saito, J. D. Guo and S. Nagase
 Org. Biomol. Chem., 9, 1731-1735 (2011).
- "Synthesis and Structures of Lithium Salts of Stannole  Anions" 
 M. Saito, T. Kuwabara, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 83, 825-827 (2010).
- "1,3-Bis[2,6-bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)phenyl]-2,4,5,6,7-pentatellura-1,3-distannabicyclo[3.1.1]heptane" 
 M. Saito, H. Hashimoto and T. Tajima
 Acta Crystallogr. E., 66, m885-m886 (2010).
- "Synthesis, Structure and Reaction of  Tetraethyldilithiostannole" 
 M. Saito, T. Kuwabara, C. Kambayashi, M. Yoshioka, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 Chem. Lett., 39, 700-701 (2010).
 (Selected as an Editor's Choice)
- "Synthesis, Structures and Properties of Plumboles" 
 M. Saito, M. Sakaguchi, T. Tajima, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 185, 1068-1076 (2010).
- "Formation of Pentaorganostannates from  Bis(2-bromo-2'-biphenyl)stannanes and tert-Butyllithum upon Substitution  of Alkyl and Aryl Groups on Tin Atoms" 
 M. Saito, S. Imaizumi and T. Tajima
 Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2153-2157 (2010).
- "Dilithioplumbole: A  Lead-Bearing Aromatic Cyclopentadienyl Analog" 
 M. Saito, M. Sakaguchi, T. Tajima, K. Ishimura, S. Nagase and M. Hada
 Science, 328, 339-342 (2010).
 (Highlighted in Chemistry World, Nature and Chemistry & Industry)
- "Arching a Bay Area of  Triphenyleno[1,12-bcd]thiophene with Group 14 Functionalities: Synthesis  of the First Triphenylene Derivatives Having Thiophene and Metallafluorene  Moieties" 
 M. Saito, T. Tanikawa, T. Tajima, J. D. Guo and S. Nagase
 J. Organomet. Chem., 695, 1035-1041 (2010).
- "Synthesis and Structures of Heterasumanenes Having Different  Heteroatom Functionalities" 
 M. Saito, T. Tanikawa, T. Tajima, J. D. Guo and S. Nagase
 Tetrahedron Lett., 51, 672-675 (2010).
- "Synthesis and Structure of the Dithienostannole Anion" 
 M. Saito, M. Shiratake, T. Tajima, J. D. Guo and S. Nagase
 J. Organomet. Chem., 694, 4056-4061 (2009).
- "Reinvestigation on the Synthesis of  Hexakis(phenylseleno)benzene" 
 M. Saito and Y. Kanatomi
 J. Sulfur Chem., 30, 469-476 (2009).
- "Novel Reactions of Steric Encumbered  1,4-Dilithio-1,3-butadiene with Group 14 Electrophiles: Formation and Structure  of Stable Dihydroxygermole" 
 M. Saito, M. Nakamura and T. Tajima
 Heterocycles, 78, 657-668 (2009).
- "Synthesis, Structure and Reactions of a Trianion Equivalent,  Trilithiostannane" 
 T. Tajima, M. Ikeda, M. Saito, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 Chem. Commun., 6495-6497 (2008).
- "3,4-Diphenyl-2,5-bis(trimethylsilyl)cyclopentadienone" 
 M. Saito and T. Ito
 Acta Crystallogr. E., 64, o2121 (2008).
- "Dechalcogenation of  Pentachalocogenadistannabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes" 
 M. Saito, H. Hashimoto and T. Tajima
 Heterocycles, 76, 515-520 (2008).
- "Novel Reactions of a Dibenzo[a,e]pentalene" 
 M. Saito, M. Nakamura and T. Tajima
 Chem. -Eur. J., 14, 6062-6068 (2008).
 (Selected as a Frontispiece)
- "Stepwise Oxidation of the Stannole Dianion" 
 R. Haga, M. Saito and M. Yoshioka
 Chem. -Eur. J., 14, 4068-4073 (2008).
- "Synthesis and Structure of Pentaorganostannate Having Five  Carbon Substituents" 
 M. Saito, S. Imaizumi, T. Tajima, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 10974-10975 (2007).
- "Synthesis and Reactions of a Novel Bulky Aryllithium" 
 M. Saito, Y. Okuyama, T. Tajima, D. Kato and M. Yoshioka
 Appl. Organomet. Chem., 21, 604-611 (2007).
- "3,5-Bis(trimethylsilyl)triphenyleno[1,12-bcd]thiophene" 
 M. Saito, T. Tanikawa and T. Tajima
 Acta Crystallogr. E., 63, o2923 (2007).
- "Synthesis and Structures of Polychalcogenadistannabicyclo[k.l.m]alkanes" 
 M. Saito, H. Hashimoto, T. Tajima and M. Ikeda
 J. Organomet. Chem., 692, 2729-2735 (2007).
- "Synthesis and Reactions of Stannole Anions" 
 R. Haga, M. Saito and M. Yoshioka
 Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 1297-1306 (2007).
- "Reduction of Phenyl Silyl Acetylene with Lithium: Unexpected  Formation of a Dilithium Dibenzopentalenide" 
 M. Saito, M. Nakamura, T. Tajima and M. Yoshioka
 Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 46, 1504-1507 (2007).
 (Selected as an Inside Cover)
- "Synthesis and Characterization of  Dimetallostannafluorenes" 
 M. Saito, M. Shimosawa, M. Yoshioka, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 Chem. Lett., 35, 940-941 (2006).
- "Synthesis of Stannaindenyl Anions and a Dianion" 
 M. Saito, M. Shimosawa, M. Yoshioka, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 Organometallics, 25, 2967-2971 (2006).
- "Reversible Redox Behavior Between Stannole Dianion and  Bistannole-1,2-dianion" 
 R. Haga, M. Saito and M. Yoshioka
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 4934-4935 (2006).
- "The Aromaticity of the Stannole Dianion" 
 M. Saito, R. Haga, M. Yoshioka, K. Ishimura and S. Nagase
 Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 44, 6553-6556 (2005).
- "Silyl Migration in the Photochemical Reaction of  2-Trimethylsilylmethylphenylketones" 
 M. Saito, A. Saito, Y. Ishikawa and M. Yoshioka
 Org. Lett., 7, 3139-3141 (2005).
- "Synthesis and Structures of Bi(1,1-stannole)s" 
 M. Saito, R. Haga and M. Yoshioka
 Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 3750-3755 (2005).
- "Formation of the Dianion and the Dimer of  9,10-Distannaanthracene" 
 M. Saito, N. Henzan and M. Yoshioka
 Chem. Lett., 34, 1018-1019 (2005).
- "Reduction of Dichlorodiphenylstannane" 
 M. Saito, Y. Okamoto and M. Yoshioka
 Appl. Organomet. Chem., 19, 894-897 (2005).
- "Synthesis and Photochemical Reactions of  1,2,7-Chalcogenadistannacycloheptanes" 
 M. Saito, K. Iso, K. Yamada, S. Nakano and M. Yoshioka
 Appl. Organomet. Chem., 19, 551-554 (2005)
- "Tin-Chalcogen Double-Bond Compounds, Stannanethione and Stannaneselone:  Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivities" 
 M. Saito, N. Tokitoh and R. Okazaki
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 15572-15582 (2004).
- "Synthesis and Reactions of the First  9,9,10,10-Tetrahalo-9,10-dihydro-9,10-distannaanthracenes" 
 M. Saito, N. Henzan and M. Yoshioka
 Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 179, 957-958 (2004).
- "Simple Method for the Synthesis of Stannole Dianion" 
 M. Saito, R. Haga and M. Yoshioka
 Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 179, 703-705 (2004).
- "Synthesis, Structures and Reactions of Novel  9,10-Dihydro-9,10-distannaanthracenes" 
 M. Saito, N. Henzan, M. Nitta and M. Yoshioka
 Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 743-748 (2004).
- "Synthesis of Stannole Anion by Alkylation of Stannole  Dianion" 
 M. Saito, R. Haga and M. Yoshioka
 Chem. Lett., 32, 912-913 (2003).
- "Formation of the First Monoanion and Dianion of  Stannole" 
 M. Saito, R. Haga and M. Yoshioka
 Chem. Commun., 1002-1003 (2002).
- "Formation and Reaction of a Stannole Anion" 
 M. Saito, R. Haga and M. Yoshioka
 Main Group Met. Chem., 25, 81-83 (2002).
- "Reactions of 1,3,5,2,4,6-Trichalcogenatristannins and Their  Derivatives with a Nitrile Oxide: Synthesis, Structure, and Thermal Behavior of  Oxachalcogenazastannoles" 
 M. Saito, S. Nakano and M. Yoshioka
 Tetrahedron Lett., 42, 7063-7066 (2001).
- "Reinvestigation on the Halogenation of  1,1,2,3,4,5-Hexaphenylstannole" 
 M. Saito, R. Haga and M. Yoshioka
 Heteroatom Chem., 12, 349-353 (2001).
- "Synthesis and Structures of Two 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-distannaanthracenes" 
 M. Saito, M. Nitta and M. Yoshioka
 Organometallics, 20, 749-753 (2001).
- "Synthesis of Tin-containing  Heterocyclic Compounds by the Reaction of 1,3,5,2,4,6-Trichalcogenatristannin  with 1,3-Dipoles" 
 M. Saito, S. Nakano and M. Yoshioka
 Phosphorus, SulfurSilicon Relat. Elem., 169, 105-108 (2001).
- "Synthesis of 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-distannaanthracene" 
 M. Saito, M. Nitta and M. Yoshioka
 Phosphorus, SulfurSilicon Relat. Elem., 168, 249-251 (2001).
- "Stereospecific Thermal Isomerization of  2,2-Dimethylbenzocyclobutenols to 2-Isopropenylphenyl Alcohols" 
 K. Iida, M. Saito and M. Yoshioka
 J. Org. Chem., 65, 4909-4912 (2000).
- "Thermal Reaction of Diastereomeric Benzocyclobutenols.  Evidence for Reversible Opening of Benzocyclobutenols to ortho-Xylylenols"
 E. Kawata, M. Saito and M. Yoshioka
 J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1015-1020 (2000).
- "The Effect of Solvent  Polarity on the Product Distribution in the Reaction of Singlet Oxygen with  Enolic Tautomers of 1-(2',4',6'-Trialkylphenyl)-2-methyl 1,3-Diketones"
 M. Yoshioka, Y. Sakuma and M. Saito
 J. Org. Chem., 64, 9247-9250 (1999).
- "Mechanistic Study on Thermal Isomerization of  1-Methylbenzocyclobutenol to 2-Methylacetophenone" 
 K. Iida, K. Komada, M. Saito and M. Yoshioka
 J. Org. Chem., 64, 7407-7411 (1999).
- "Solvent-dependent Stability of a Stannanethione"
 M. Saito, N. Tokitoh and R. Okazaki
 CACS FORUM, 18, 30-32 (1998).
- "Highly Strained C-C Bonds:  3-(1'-Hydroxy-4'-isopropyl-2',2'-dimethyl-1',2'-dihydrobenzocyclobuten-1'-yl)-3-methyl-2-butanone  Ethylene Acetal (I), and  (3S*,1'S*)-3-Acetoxy-2-(1'-hydroxy-1',2'-dihydrobenzocyclo-buten-1'-yl)-2-methylpentane  (II)" 
 K. Iida, E. Kawata, K. Komada, M. Saito, S. Kumakura and M. Yoshioka
 Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun., C54, 1938-1941 (1998).
- "Solvent Dependent Photochemical Reactions of  3-(2-Alkylphenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxopropanoates and Their Related Compounds"
 M. Saito, Y. Kamei, K. Kuribara, M. Yoshioka and T. Hasegawa
 J. Org. Chem., 63, 9013-9018 (1998).
- "Stable Stannaneselone and Diselenastannirane: Novel Organotin Compounds Derived from an Extremely Hindered  Tetraselenastannolane"
 R. Okazaki, M. Saito and N. Tokitoh
 Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 124-5, 363-370 (1997).
- "The First Kinetically Stabilized Stannaneselone and  Diselenastannirane: Synthesis by Deselenation of a Tetraselenastannolane and  Structures"
 M. Saito, N. Tokitoh and R. Okazaki
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 11124-11125 (1997).
- "Synthesis and Reactions of a Stannanethione Derived from a Kinetically Stabilized Diarylstannylene"
 M. Saito, N. Tokitoh and R. Okazaki
 Organometallics, 15, 4531-4536 (1996).
 
- "A New Method for the Synthesis of Stannylene: Exhaustive Desulfurization of Tetrathiastannolanes"
 M. Saito, N. Tokitoh and R. Okazaki
 Chem. Lett., 25, 265-266 (1996).
- "Reaction of Stannylene with Carbon Disulfide: Formation of a Novel Tin-containing 1,3-Dipole and its Reactivity" 
 M. Saito, N. Tokitoh and R. Okazaki
 Organometallics, 14, 3620-3622 (1995).
- "Synthesis and Reactions of  Stannaneselone"
 M. Saito, N. Tokitoh and R. Okazaki
 J. Organomet. Chem., 499, 43-48 (1995).
- "New Aspects in the Chemistry of Low-coordinated Compounds of  Group 14 Elements"
 N. Tokitoh, Y. Matsuhashi, K. Shibata, T. Matsumoto, H. Suzuki, M. Saito, K. Manmaru and R. Okazaki
 Main Group Met. Chem., 17, 55-65 (1994).
- "Synthesis of Small-ring Sulfur Compounds Containing Germanium and Tin"
 R. Okazaki, Y. Matsuhashi, T. Matsumoto, M. Saito, K. Manmaru and N. Tokitoh
 Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 74, 397-398 (1993).
- "Synthesis and Reactions of  Novel Organochalcogen  Compounds Containing Group 14 Metals (Si, Ge, and  Sn)"
 N. Tokitoh, Y. Matsuhashi, T. Matsumoto, H. Suzuki, M. Saito, K. Manmaru and R. Okazaki
 Frontiers of Organogermanium, -Tin and -Lead Chemistry, 71-82 (1993).
- "The First Stable Stannanethione in Solution Derived from a  Kinetically Stabilized Diarylstannylene"
 N. Tokitoh, M. Saito and R. Okazaki
 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 115, 2065-2066 (1993).
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- "Main Group Analogs of Dichalcogeniranes"
 M. Saito, N. Tokitoh and R. Okazaki
 Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.., 27, e202300679 (2024) (6 pages).
- "広がる芳香族化合物の世界"
 斎藤雅一
 化学と教育, 68, 262-265 (2020).
- "重原子導入による芳香族性の概念の拡張と錯体化学への展開"
 斎藤雅一
 有機合成化学協会誌., 77, 960-970 (2019).
- "Creation of Exotic π-Electron Systems by Introduction of Introduction of Heavy Elements and Expansion of Concept of Aromaticity"
 M. Saito
 Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.., 91, 1009-1019 (2018).
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- "Figuration of Bowl-shaped π-Conjugated Molecules. Properties and Functions"
 M. Saito, H. Shinokubo and H. Sakurai
 Mater. Chem. Front., 2, 635-661 (2018).
- "Transition-metal Complexes Featureing Dianionic Heavy Group 14 Element Aromatic Ligand"
 M. Saito
 Acc. Chem. Res.., 51, 160-169 (2018).
- "The Chemistry of Heterasumanenes"
 M. Saito, S. Furukawa, J. Kobayashi and T. Kawashima
 Chem. Rec., 16, 64-72 (2016).
- "Serendipitous Reactions Involving a Silicone Grease"
 L. C. Pop and M. Saito
 Coord. Chem. Rev., 314, 64-70 (2016).
- "Challenge to Expand the Concept of Aromaticity to Tin- and  Lead-containing Carbocyclic Compounds: Synthesis, Structures and Reactions of  Dilithiostannoles and Dilithioplumbole", 
 M. Saito
 Coord. Chem. Rev., 256, 627-636 (2012).
- "ベンゼンの骨格炭素を鉛に換えてもベンゼンの性質は保持されるのか?"
 斎藤雅一
 化学と教育, 59, 456-457 (2011).
- "最新のトピックス「ジベンゾ[a,e]ペンタレン化学の新展開」"
 斎藤雅一
 化学, 66, 72-73 (2011).
- "Synthesis and Reactions of Dibenzo[a,e]pentalenes"
 M. Saito
 Symmetry, 2, 950-969 (2010).
- "2007年注目の論文"
 田嶋智之、斎藤雅一
 化学, 62, 62-63 (2007).
- "スズを骨格に有する特異なπ電子系の創製"
 斎藤雅一
 化学と工業, 59, 140-143 (2006).
- "The Anions and Dianions of Group 14 Metalloles"
 M. Saito and M. Yoshioka
 Coord. Chem. Rev., 249, 765-780 (2005).
- "14族元素メタロールアニオンおよびジアニオンの合成、構造および反応"
 斎藤雅一、吉岡道和
 有機合成化学協会誌, 62, 790-798 (2004).
- "ベンゾシクロブテノールの化学"
 吉岡道和、 斎藤雅一
 有機合成化学協会誌, 59, 45-52 (2001).


