Ac	acetyl
All	allyl
aq	aqueous
Bn	benzyl
CD	circular dichroism
COLOC	correlation spectroscopy via long-range coupling spectrum
conc	concentrated
COSY	correlation spectroscopy
D	deuterium, dextrorotatory
DCC	N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide
DFT	density functional theory
DHHDP	dehydrohexahydroxydiphenoyl
DIS	differential isotope shift
DMAP	4-(dimethylamino)pyridine
DMF	N,N-dimethylformamide
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
ECD	electronic circular dichroism
EDCI·HCl	1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride
Et	ethyl
epi	epimer
FAB-MS	fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry
G	galloyl
G(Ac3)	tri-O-acetylgalloyl
G(Bn3)	tri-O-benzylgalloyl
G(All2Bn)	3,5-di-O-allyl-4-O-benzylgalloyl
G(Me3)	tri-O-methylgalloyl
GPC	gel permeation chromatography
h	hour(s)
HHDP	hexahydroxydiphenoyl
HHDP(Me6)	hexa-O-methyl-hexahydroxydiphenoyl
HMBC	hetero-nuclear multiple-bond coherence
i	iso
IR	infrared
Me	methyl
MP	4-methoxyphenyl
MS	mass spectrum (or spectra)
MS 4A	molecular sieves 4A
n	normal
NHTP	nonahydroxytriphenoyl
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
NOE	nuclear Overhauser effect
ORD	optical rotatory dispersion
Ph	phenyl
Pr	propyl
rac	racemic
rt	room temperature
t	tertiary
TBAF	tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride
TBS	t-butyldimethylsilyl
THF	tetrahydrofuran
UV	ultraviolet