American Journal of Organic Chemistry

American Journal of Organic Chemistry is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal describing the design of, synthetic approaches to, and characterization of new molecules with applications in organometallics, medicinal and heterocyclic chemistry, green chemistry, photochemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and catalysis. Articles considered for publication include: original scientific research articles, review type articles and communications.

Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Organic Chemistry

Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Japan

Research Areas

Organic Synthesis, Heterocyclic Chemistry

Education

1991Ph.D Osaka University
1988M. Sc.Osaka University
1986B. Sc. Osaka University

Experience

2011Professor of Kochi University of Technology
2009-2010Associate Professor of Kochi University of Technology
2008-2009Associate Professor of Anan National College of Technology
2001-2008Associate Professor of Osaka Kyoiku Universty
2000-2001Postdoctoral Researcher of Arhus University (Prof. Karl Anker Jorgensen)
1991-2001Assistant Professor of Osaka Kyoiku University (Prof. Masahiro Ariga)

Academic Achievement

Daiichi Pharmaceutical Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
Oleomaterial Award from Japan Oil Chemists' Society
Kansai Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

Membership

Chemical Society of Japan
American Chemical Society
International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
Japan Oil Chemists' Society
The Kinki Chemical Society, Japan
Kochi Chemical Society

Publications: Journals

[1]  Inverse Electron-Demand 1, 3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrile Oxide with Common Nitriles Leading to 3-Functionalized 1, 2, 4-Oxadiazoles. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Kazuya Kobiro, Shotaro Hirao, Jun Sawayama, Kazuhiko Saigo, Yumiko Ise, Yoshikazu Okajima, and Masahiro Ariga. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2011, 9, in press.
[2]   Bicyclization Involving Pseudo-Intramolecular Imination with Diamines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Shotaro Hirao, Jun Sawayama, Kazuhiko Saigo, and Kazuya Kobiro. Chemical Communications 2011, 47, 4938-4940.
[3]  An Anomalous hydration/Dehydration Sequence for the Mild Generation of a Nitrile Oxide. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Kazuya Kobiro, Hideyuki Kiyoto, Shotaro Hirao, Jun Sawayama, Kazuhiko Saigo, Yoshikazu Okajima, Toshiharu Uehara, Asaka Maki, and Masahiro Ariga. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2011, 9, in press
[4]  Surface Study of Organopalladium Molecules on S-Terminated GaAs. Tomoya Konishi, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Takashi Toujyou, Takuma Ishikawa, Teruki Teraoka, Yukiko Ueta, Yoshifumi Kihara, Hideji Moritoki, Tatsuo Tono, Mio Musashi, Takashi Tada, Seiji Fujikawa, Masamitsu Takahashi, Gavin Bell, Masahiko Shimoda, and Shiro Tsukamoto. Physica Status Solidi(C) 2011, 8, 405-407.
[5]  Reusability, Durability and Treatability of Palladium Catalyst on a Semiconductor Plate: Comparison with Commercially Available Solid-Supported Palladium Catalysts. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Tomoya Konishi, Shiro Tsukamoto and Masahiko Shimoda. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials 2010, 20, 873-876.
[6]  One-Step Construction of 6-Aza-2-thiabicyclo[3.3.1]nona-3, 7-diene Framework. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki* and Kazuya Kobiro. Heterocycles 2010, 81, 2139-2142.
[7]  Hard X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopic Investigation of Palladium Catalysts Immobilized on a GaAs(001) Surface. Masahiko Shimoda, Tomoya Konishi, Kiyoshi Tateishi, Takashi Toujyou, Shiro Tsukamoto, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Mitsuhiro Arisawa, Naoyuki Hoshiya, Satoshi Shuto, Nobuhiro Isomura, Hiroshi Yokota, Yuji Furukawa, Kanji Iizuka, Toshiya Ogiwara, Yuko Isozaki, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Hideki Yoshikawa, Shigenori Ueda, Keisuke Kobayashi. Journal of Applied Physics 2010, 108, 024309, 1-5.
[8]  Efficient Double Bond Migration of Allylbenzenes Catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2-HFIP System with Unique Substituent Effect. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Ryuichiro Kamimura, Kimihiro Shono, Toshihiko Kawakami, Katsuhisa Nakayama, Kohei Nishino, Takayuki Nakayama, Keisuke Takahashi, Aki Nakamura, and Takahiro Hosokawa. Tetrahedron Letters 2010, 51, 3590-3592.
[9]  Regioselective Nitroalkylation of the 1-Methyl-2-quinolone Framework. Motoki Asahara, Masaki Ohtsutsumi, Masahiro Ariga, and Nagatoshi Nishiwaki*. Heterocycles 2009, 78, 2851-2854.
[10]  Synthesis of 2, 6-Disubstituted Pyrido[2, 3-b][1, 4]oxazines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Masataka Hisaki, Masaki Ono, and Masahiro Ariga Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 7403-7407.
[11]  Pseudo Intramolecular Cyclization of-Nitro--keto Nitrile Leading to 2-Amino-3-nitro-1, 4-dihydropyridines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Kengo Kakutani, Mina Tamura, and Masahiro Ariga. Chemistry Letters 2009, 38, 680-681.
[12]  Base Induced Chemical Conversion of 3-Carbamoyl-2-isoxazolines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Asaka Maki, and Masahiro Ariga. Journal of Oleo Science 2009, 58, 481-484.
[13]  Green Chemical Catalyst Supported on S-Terminated GaN(0001). Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Masahiko Shimoda, Tomoya Konishi, and Shiro Tsukamoto. Applied Physics Express 2009, 2, 051002, 1-3.
[14]   Formylnitroenamines: Useful Building Blocks for Nitrated Pyridones and Aminopyridines. with Functional Groups Yumi Nakaike, Daisuke Hayashi, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Yoshito Tobe, and Masahiro Ariga. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2009, 7, 325-334.
[15]  A Simple Synthesis of-Nitro--keto Nitrile. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Tomoko Nogami and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocycles 2008, 75, 675-681.
[16]  Dimerization of Acetoacetamide Leading to 5-Carbamoyl-4, 6-dimethyl-2-pyridone. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Yumi Nakaike and Masahiro Ariga. Journal of Oleo Science 2008, 57, 53-54.
[17]  Nucleophilic Substitution Accompanying Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Assisted by a Nitro Group. Yumi Nakaike, Noriko Taba, Shinobu Itoh, Yoshito Tobe, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 2007, 80, 2413-2417.
[18]  Nucleophilic-Amination of Pyridine Nuclei. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Yutaka Nishida, Eiko Tominaga, and Masahiro Ariga. Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 4361-4363.
[19]  Three Components Ring Transformation Affording Substituted 5-Nitropyridines and 4-Nitroanilines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Hiroshi Tatsumichi, Mina Tamura, and Masahiro Ariga. Letters in Organic Chemistry 2006, 3, 629-633. (Invited)
[20]  Facile Synthesis of 3-Carbamoyl-1, 2, 4-Oxadiazoles. Mina Tamura, Yumiko Ise, Yoshikazu Okajima, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga. Synthesis 2006, 3453-3461.
[21]  Synthesis of N-Modified 4-Aminopyridine-3-carboxylates by Ring Transformation. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Toyosato Nishimoto, Mina Tamura, and Masahiro Ariga. Synlett 2006, 1437-1439.
[22]  Asymmetric Epoxidation Catalyzed by Novel Azacrown Ether-Type Chiral Quaternary, Ammonium Salts under Phase-Transfer Catalytic Conditions. Kazushige Hori, Mina Tamura, Keita Tani, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Masahiro Ariga, and Yasuo Tohda. Tetrahedron Letters 2006, 47, 3115-3118.
[23]  Structural Characterization of Copper(I) Complexes Supported by-Diketiminate Ligands with Different Substitution Patterns. Chizu Shimokawa, Yoshimitsu Tachi, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Masahiro Ariga, and Shinobu Itoh. Bulletin of Chemical Society of Japan 2006, 79, 118-125.
[24]  Electrophilic Arylation of Phenols: Construction of a New Family of 1-Methyl-2-quinolones. Motoki Asahara, Masaki Ohtsutsumi, Mina Tamura, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga. Bulletin of Chemical Society of Japan 2005, 78, 2235-2237.
[25]  A Convenient Method for Synthesizing Modified 4-Nitrophenols. Yumi Nakaike, Yoshio Kamijo, Satoshi Mori, Mina Tamura, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2005, 70, 10169-10171.
[26]  The Nitroalkene Showing Dual Behaviors in the Same Reaction System. Motoki Asahara, Chika Shibano, Koichi Koyama, Mina Tamura, Yasuo Tohda, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga. Tetrahedron Letters 2005, 46, 7519–7521.
[27]  Improved Dimerization of Diethyl Acetonedicarboxylate Leading to Polyfunctionalized Phenol. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Hajime Yagi, Takanobu Shinkawa, Makoto Matsumoto, Mina Tamura, and Masahiro Ariga. Journal of Oleo Science 2005, 54, 461-464.
[28]  Effective C-N Bond Formation on the 1-Methyl-2-quinolone Skeleton. Motoki Asahara, Moriaki Nagamatsu, Yasuo Tohda, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga. Arkivoc 2005, i, 1-6.
[29]  New Synthetic Equivalent of Nitromalonaldehyde Treatable in Organic Media. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Takuma Ogihara, Toshiko Takami, Mina Tamura, and Masahiro Ariga. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2004, 69, 8382-8386.
[30]  Synthesis of Unnatural 1-Methyl-2-quinolone Derivatives. Motoki Asahara, Taku Katayama, Yasuo Tohda, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin 2004, 52, 1334-1338.
[31]  Diels-Alder Reaction of 1-Methyl-3, 6, 8-trinitro-2-quinolone. Motoki Asahara, Moriaki Nagamatsu, Yasuo Tohda, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 2004, 41, 803-805.
[32]  Novel Synthesis of Bihetaryl Compounds. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Keiko Yamashita, Mayumi Azuma, Tomoko Adachi, Mina Tamura, and Masahiro Ariga. Synthesis 2004, 1996-2000.
[33]  Reaction of 3, 5-Dicyanoisoxazoles with Nucleophiles. Mina Tamura, Tae Nishimura, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * and Masahiro Ariga Heterocycles 2004, 63, 1659-1665.
[34]  New Reactivity of Nitropyrimidinone: Ring Transformation and N-C Transfer Reactions. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Kazuo Matsushima, Miki Chatani, Mina Tamura, and Masahiro Ariga. Synlett 2004, 703-707
[35]  A Novel Ring Transformation of Nitropyrimidinone Leading to Polyfunctionalized Pyridones. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Hiromi Morimura, Kazuo Matsushima, Mina Tamura, and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocycles 2003, 61, 19-22.
[36]  Substituent Effects of-Diketiminate Ligands on the Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Copper(II) Complexes. Chizu Shimokawa, Seiji Yokota, Yoshimitsu Tachi, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Masahiro Ariga, and Shinobu Itoh. Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 42, 8395-8405.
[37]  Transacylation of-Aryl--keto Esters. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Daisei Nishida, Tetsuya Ohnishi, Fumie Hidaka, Satoru Shimizu, Mina Tamura, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2003, 68, 8650-8656.
[38]  Facile Synthesis of Unsymmetrical 1, 1-Diamino-2-nitroethenes and Functionalized Amidoximes. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Yoshikazu Okajima, Mina Tamura, Noriko Asaka, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocycles 2003, 60, 303-308.
[39]  Facile Synthesis of Functionalized 4-Aminopyridines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Mayumi Azuma, Mina Tamura, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Chemical Communications 2002, 2170-2171.
[40]  A New Approach to 6-Nitro-1H-[1, 4]-diazepines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Takuma Ogihara, Mina Tamura, Noriko Asaka, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocycles 2002, 57, 425-428.
[41]  Unusual Ring Transformation of N-Hydroxy-3, 5-dinitro-4-pyridone Affording Polyfunctionalized Pyrrole. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Kazuo Matsushima, Mina Tamura, Noriko Asaka, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Arkivoc 2002, x, 34-39.
[42]  Novel Functionalization of 1-Methyl-2-quinolone; Dimerization and Denitration of Trinitroquinolone. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Midori Sakashita, Mayumi Azuma, Chitose Tanaka, Mina Tamura, Noriko Asaka, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga.Tetrahedron, 2002, 58, 473-478.
[43]  A New-Diketiminate Ligand Carrying a Functional Group on the Carbon Framework. Synthesis and Characterization of a Linear Polymeric Copper(I) Complex. Seiji Yokota, Yoshimitsu Tachi, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Masahiro Ariga, and Shinobu Itoh. Inorganic Chemistry 2001, 40, 5316-5317.
[44]  Synthesis of 2, 3-Difunctionalized 4-Nitropyrroles. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Masataka Nakanishi, Takahiko Hida, Yuko Miwa, Mina Tamura, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2001, 66, 7535-7538.
[45]  Synthetic Equivalent of-Nitroformylacetic Acid. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Hiromi Ohtomo, Mina Tamura, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocycles 2001, 55, 1581-1582.
[46]  The First Catalytic Asymmetric Aza-Henry Reaction of Nitronates with Imines-A Novel Approach to Optically Active-Nitro--Amino Acid-and,-Diamino Acid Derivatives. Kristian Rahbek Knudsen, Tine Risgaard, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Kurt V. Gothelf, and Karl Anker Jorgensen. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2001, 123, 5843-5844.
[47]  Catalytic Enantioselective Addition of Nitro Compounds to Imines-A Simple Approach for the Synthesis of Optically Active-Nitro--Amino Esters. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Kristian Rahbek Knudsen, Kurt V. Gothelf, and Karl Anker Jorgensen. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2001, 40, 2992-2995.
[48]  3-Methyl-5-nitropyrimidin-4(3H)-one: An Excellent Precursor for Functionalized Nitroenamines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Yukiko Mizukawa, Reiko Terai, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga Arkivoc 2000, ii, 103-111. (Invited)
[49]  Dimerization and Denitration of 1-Methyl-3, 6, 8-trinitro-2-quinolone. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Mayumi Azuma, Chitose Tanaka, Noriko Asaka, Makoto Shoda, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga Heterocycles 2000, 53, 543-544.
[50]  Two Ring Transformations of 3-Methyl-5-nitropyrimidin-4(3H)-one for the Construction of Azaheterocycles Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Tomoko Adachi, Kengo Matsuo, Hui-Ping Wang, Tomoko Matsunaga, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Journal of Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1 2000, 27-32.
[51]  Transacetylation of Ethyl-Arylacetoacetate. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Satoru Shimizu, Noriko Asaka, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Journal of Japan Oil Chemists' Society 1999, 48, 897-902.
[52]  One-Pot Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Isoxazol(in)es. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Tomoko Nogami, Takayasu Kawamura, Noriko Asaka, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1999, 64, 6476-6478.
[53]  Application of Cyano-aci-nitroacetate to Organic Syntheses 1.; Facile Synthesis of Pentanedinitrile-2, 4-dinitronates. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Tomoko Nogami, Chitose Tanaka, Fuminori Nakashima, Yoji Inoue, Noriko Asaka, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1999, 64, 2160-2162.
[54]  A Nitro Group Distorting 2-Quinolone Skeleton. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Chitose Tanaka, Motoki Asahara, Noriko Asaka, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocycles 1999, 51, 567-574.
[55]  Improved Generation Method for Functionalized Nitrile Oxide. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Toshiharu Uehara, Noriko Asaka, Yasuo Tohda, Masahiro Ariga, and Shuji Kanemasa. Tetrahedron Letters 1998, 39, 4851-4852.
[56]  Synthesis via 2-Acylmethyl-2-oxazoline. 1. A Novel Synthesis of 3-Acyl-2-pyridones by Michael Addition of 2-Acylmethyl-2-oxazoline to,-Acetylenic Ketones. Yasuo Tohda, Takeshi Yanagidani, Shin-ichi Hiramatsu, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Keita Tani, Kazuko Imagawa, and Masahiro Ariga. Bulletin of Chemical Society of Japan 1997, 70, 2781-2790.
[57]  Novel Ring Transformation of Nitropyrimidinone; Synthetic Equivalents of-Nitroformylacetic Acid. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Hui-Ping Wang, Kengo Matsuo Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Journal of Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1 1997, 2261-2262.
[58]  Nitropyrimidinones; Synthetic Equivalents of Diformylamine and Nitromalonaldehyde. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Synthesis 1997, 1277-1280.
[59]  2-Methyl-4-nitroisoxazolin-5-one: Ring Transformation to 3-Nitropyrroles. Masahiro Ariga, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Yuko Miwa, Keita Tani, and Yasuo Tohda. Heterocycles 1997, 44, 81-84.
[60]  Intramolecular Reissert-Henze Reaction of Isoxazolo[2, 3-a]pyridinium Salt; Facile Synthesis of Functionalized Phenacylpyridines from Ethynylpyridines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, * Masahiro Ariga, Mitsuo Komatsu, and Yoshiki Ohshiro. Heterocycles 1996, 43, 1179-1184.
[61]  Aminolysis of 1-Methyl-5-nitropyrimidin-2(1H)-one; Facile Synthesis of Functionalized Nitroenamines. III. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Bulletin of Chemical Society of Japan 1996, 69, 1997-2002.
[62]  cine-Substitution of 1-Methyl-3, 6, 8-trinitro-2-quinolone. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Aya Tanaka, Mitsue Uchida, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Bulletin of Chemical Society of Japan 1996, 69, 1377-1381.
[63]  Facile Synthesis of Functionalized Nitroenamines. II. Ring Opening Reaction of Hydrated 1-Methyl-5-nitropyrimidin-4(1H)-one. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Eriko Wakamura, Yukihiro Nishida, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocyclic Communications 1996, 2, 129-134.
[64]  Facile Synthesis of Functionalized Nitroenamines by Aminolysis of Nitropyrimidinone. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Yukiko Mizukawa, Mami Ohta, Reiko Terai, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocyclic Communications 1996, 2, 21-24.
[65]  Synthesis and Properties of Tetrakisbridged Parallel-and Cross-Orientation Biphenylophanes. Keita Tani, Hiromi Seo, Migiwa Maeda, Kazuko Imagawa, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Masahiro Ariga, Yasuo Tohda, Hiroyuki Higuchi, and Hiro Kuma. Tetrahedron Letters 1995, 36, 1883-1886.
[66]  Ring Opening Reaction of the Pyridinium Salt of 4-Nitro-3-isoxazolin-5-one; A Preparation of Trifunctionalized Methane Derivatives. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Yuji Takada, Yoji Inoue, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 1995, 32, 473-475.
[67]  Nucleophilic Reaction upon Electron-Deficient Pyridone Derivatives. XIII. Regioselective Synthesis of 2-Substituted 3-Nitropyridines by One-Pot Reaction of Either 4-or 6-Substituted 1-Methyl-3, 5-dinitro-2-pyridones with Ketones and Ammonia. Yasuo Tohda, Tohru Kawahara, Miyuki Eiraku, Keita Tani, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, and Masahiro Ariga. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 1994, 67, 2176-2186.
[68]  Novel Synthesis of Substituted Pyrimidines: A Ring Transformation of 3-Methyl-5-nitropyrimidin-4(3H)-one. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Tomoko Matsunaga, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. eterocycles 1994, 38, 249-252.
[69]  Nucleophilic Reaction upon Electron-Deficient Pyridone Derivatives. XII. Novel Additions of 3, 5-Dinitro-2-pyridone with Ethyl Vinyl, Ether: Formation and Reactions of a Six-membered Cyclic Nitronate. Yasuo Tohda, Keita Tani, Norihiko Yamawaki, Masahiro Ariga, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Katsuroh Kotani, and Eizo Matsumura. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 1993, 66, 1222-1228.
[70]  Preparation of N-Acetyl-4-nitroisoxazol-5(2H)-one and Application as Mild Acetylating Agent. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Yuji Takada, Keita Tani, Yasuo Tohda, and Masahiro Ariga. Chemistry Express 1992, 7, 845-848.
[71]  A Novel Nitrile Oxide Precursor; 2-Methyl-4-nitro-5(2H)-isoxazolone. Suguru Higashida, Hiroko Nakashima, Yasuo Tohda, Keita Tani, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, and Masahiro Ariga. Heterocycles 1992, 34, 1511-1514.
[72]  Oligomer of Indolizine Derivatives and its pH Sensitive Behavior. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Kiyonori Furuta, Mitsuo Komatsu, and Yoshiki Ohshiro. Polymer Journal 1991, 23, 789-794.
[73]  Effective Synthesis of 7-Benzylidenefuro[3, 4-b]pyridin-5-one. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Mitsuo Komatsu, and Yoshiki Ohshiro. Heterocycles 1991, 32, 1013-1016.
[74]   A Facile Synthesis of 1, 6-Naphthyridin-5(6H)-ones. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Mitsuo Komatsu, and Yoshiki Ohshiro. Synthesis 1991, 41-42.
[75]  Novel Synthesis of Indolizines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Kiyonori Furuta, Mitsuo Komatsu, and Yoshiki Ohshiro. Journal of Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1990, 1151-1152.
[76]  Syntheses of Bicyclic Pyridine Derivatives from 3-Substituted 2-(Phenylethynyl)pyridines. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Minakata, Mitsuo Komatsu, and Yoshiki Ohshiro. Synlett 1990, 273-275.
[77]  A Novel Ethynylation of Pyridines by Reissert-Henze Type Reaction. Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Minakata, Mitsuo Komatsu, and Yoshiki Ohshiro. Chemistry Letters 1989, 773-776.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]   Ring Transformation of Nitropyrimidinone Leading to Versatile Azaheterocyclic Compounds Nagatoshi Nishiwaki* and Masahiro Ariga Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Volume 8, Bioactive Heterocycles II, pp 43-72 (2007), ed. by Shoji Eguchi, Springer, Berlin
[2]   4-Nitroisoxazolin-5(2H)-one: Diverse Synthetic Intermediate for Polyfunctionalized Systems Nagatoshi Nishiwaki* and Masahiro Ariga Trends in Heterocyclic Chemistry Vol. 8, pp. 127-135 (2002) Research Trends, Trivandrum