• Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M. "N-Acyliminium Ions: Detection of a Hidden 2-Aza-Cope Rearrangement", Tetrahedron Lett. 1981, 22, 1567-1570.

• Gugelchuk, M. M.; Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M. "Methods for Converting N-Alkyl Lactams to Vinylogous Urethanes and Vinylogous Amides Via (Methylthio)alkylideneiminium Salts", J. Org. Chem. 1981, 46, 3671-3675.

• Spande, T. F.; Daly, J. W.; Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M.; Macdonald, T. L. "The Structure of Gephyrotoxin (GTX)223AB", Experentia 1981, 37, 1242-1245.

• Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M. "New Methods for Alkaloid Synthesis: a-Acylamino Radical Cyclizations", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1982, 104, 1430-1432.

• Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M. "Stereoselective Indolizidine Synthesis: Preparation of Stereoisomers of Gephyrotoxin-223AB", J. Org. Chem. 1982, 47, 4403-4409.

• Choi, J.-K.; Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M. "Substituent Effects on 2-Aza-5-hexynyl Radical Cyclization Regiochemistry", Tetrahedron Lett. 1982, 23, 4765-4768.

• Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M. "Sila-Pummerer Rearrangement at sp²-hybridized Carbon", Tetrahedron Lett. 1983, 24, 4387-4390.

• Burnett, D. A.; Choi, J.-K.; Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M. "Pyrrolizidine and Indolizidinone Synthesis: Generation and Intramolecular Addition of a-Acylamino Radicals to Olefins and Allenes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1984, 106, 8201-8209.

• Hart, D. J.; Tsai, Y.-M. " a-Acylamino Radical Cyclizations: Synthesis of Isoretronecanol", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1984, 106, 8209-8217.Danheiser, D. L.; Fink, D. M.; Kazuo, O.; Tsai, Y.-M.; Szczepanski, S. W. "A Practical and Efficient Synthesis of a,b-Unsaturated Acylsilanes", J. Org. Chem. 1985, 50, 5393-5396.

• Danheiser, D. L.; Kwasigroch, C. A.; Tsai, Y.-M. "Application of Allenylsilanes in [3+2] Annulation Approaches to Oxygen and Nitrogen Heterocycles", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 7233-7235.

• Danheiser, D. L.; Tsai, Y.-M.; Fink, D. M. "A General Method for the Synthesis of Allenylsilanes: 1-Methyl-1-(trimethyl)allene", Org. Syn. 1987, 66, 1-7.

• Danheiser, D. L.; Fink, D. M. ; Tsai, Y.-M. "A General [3+2] Annulation: cis-4-exo-Isopropenyl-1,9-dimethyl-8-(trimethylsilyl)bicyclo[4.3.0]non-8-en-2-one", Org. Syn. 1987, 66, 8-13.

• Danheiser, D. L.; Fink, D. M. ; Okano, K.; Tsai, Y.-M.; Szczepanski, S. W. "(1-Oxo-2-propenyl)trimethylsilane", Org. Syn. 1987, 66, 14-21.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Jiang, S.-L.; Chen, H.-J.; Chau, L.-Y.; Lin, J.-T. "A Practical Formal Synthesis of a Physiologically Active Analogue of Platelet Activating Factor", J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 1988, 35, 429-435.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Chang, F.-C.; Huang, J.; Shiu, C. L. "The Study of Intramolecular Free Radical Cyclization of a-Sulfenyl Radical", Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 2121-2124.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Jiang, S.-L. "Synthesis of Alkyllysophospholipid Analogues with Readily Functionalized 1-O-Alkyl Side Chain", J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 1989, 36, 253-255.

• Chau, L.-Y.; Tsai, Y.-M.; Cheng, J.-R. "Photoaffinity Labeling of Platelet Activating Factor Binding Sites in Rabbit Platelet Membranes", Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1989, 161, 1070-1076.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Ke, B.-W.; Lin, C.-H. "The Study of Intramolecular Free Radical Cyclizations of a-Sulfonyl and a-Sulfinyl Radicals", Tetrahedron Lett. 1990, 31, 6047-6050.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Cherng, C. D. "Intramolecular Free Radical Cyclizations Using Acylsilanes as Radicalphiles", Tetrahedron Lett. 1991, 32, 3515-3518.

• Chen, M.-Y.; Fang, J.-M.; Tsai, Y.-M.; Yeh, R.-L. “Stereogenic Reactions of the a-Carbon Radicals of 8-Phenylmenthyl Esters” J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1991, 1603-1604.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Ke, B.-W.; Yang, C.-T.; Lin, C.-H. "A Radical Approach to the Synthesis of (+)-Supinidine", Tetrahedron Lett. 1992, 33, 7895-7898.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Nieh, H.-C.; Cherng, C.-D. "Cyclizations of Functionalized Acylsilanes to Form 2-Silyldihydropyrans and 2-Silyldihydrofurans", J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 7010-7012.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Tang, K.-H.; Jiaang, W.-T. "Radical Cyclizations of Bromo Acylsilanes and Intramolecular Trapping of the Rearranged a-silyloxy Radicals", Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 1303-1306.

• Curran, D. P.; Jiaang, W.-T.; Palovich, M.; Tsai, Y.-M. "Acylsilanes as Geminal Radical Acceptor/Radical Donor Equivalents in Tandem Cyclization/Addition Reactions", Synlett 1993, 403-404.

• Tsai, Y.-M.; Ke, B.-W. "Radical-induced Ring Opening of Epoxysilane in the Synthesis of (+)-Supinidine and (+)-Trachelanthamidine", J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 1993, 40, 641-642.

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