Meili Duan and Michael D. Toney. (2005) A highly regioselective one-pot synthesis of 7-hydroxy-6-methylphthalide from 3-hydroxy-4-methylbenzylalcohol. Synthetic Communications, 35:2869-2874.Toshimasa Katagiri, Meili Duan, Mitsuru Mukae, and Kenji Uneyama. (2003) A crystal engineering utilization of hexafurcated hydrogen bonding to construction of subnano fluorinated tunnels. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 120:165-172.Kiyoshi Kimoto, Meili Duan, Hiroaki Okamoto, Vladimir F. Petrov, Kayako Hori, and Shunsuke Takenaka. (2001) The effect of trifluoromethyl and difluoromethoxy groups on mesomorphic properties. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 364:733-738.Vladimir F. Petrov, Meili Duan, Hiroaki Okamoto, Jin Mu, Yo Shimizu, and Shunsuke Takenaka. (2001) Halogenation in achiral liquid crystals: terminal and linking substitutions. Liquid Crystals, 28:387-410.Vladimir F. Petrov, Meili Duan, Hiroaki Okamoto, and Shunsuke Takenaka. (2000) Perfluoro(alkyoxy)alkylation in one-ring liquid crystalline derivatives. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 350:187-198.Meili Duan, Takeyasu Tasaka, Hiroaki Okamoto, Vladimir F. Petrov and Shunsuke Takenaka. (2000) Liquid crystalline properties of dissymmetric moleculaes. IV. The substituent effect on thermal properties and smectic A phases in three aromatic ring systems with ester linkage. Liquid Crystals, 27:1195-1205.Meili Duan, Hiroaki Okamoto, Vladimir F. Petrov and Shunsuke Takenaka. (1999) Liquid crystalline properties of dissymmetric molecules. III. Smectic properties of 4-[2-(perfluoroalkyl)ethoxyl]-substituted nitrobenzenes and benzonatriles. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 72:1637-1642.Meili Duan, Hiroaki Okamoto, Vladimir F. Petrov and Shunsuke Takenaka. (1999) Liquid crystalline properties of asymmetric molecules. II. Smectic properties of 4-alkoxyphenyl 4-(4-trifluoromethylbenzoyloxy)benzonates. Liquid Crystals, 26:737-741.Meili Duan, Hiroaki Okamoto, Vladimir F. Petrov and Shunsuke Takenaka. (1999) Liquid crystalline properties of 3,4-di- and 2,4-di(4-alkoxybenzoyloxy) benzylidene-4-alkoxyanilines. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 326:357-367.Meili Duan, Hiroaki Okamoto, Vladimir F. Petrov and Shunsuke Takenaka. (1998) A new mesomophism of the alkyl 4-(2-perfluoroalkyl)ethoxybenzoate derivatives. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 71:2735-2739.
