Ac	Acetyl
AIDS	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Ala	Alanine
AZT	Azidothymidine
BA	Betulinic acid
BA-AA	Betulinic acid 3-acetyl acrylate
BA-LEV	Betulinic acid levulinate
BA-M-LEV	Methylated betulinic acid levulinate
BN	Betulin
Bn	Benzyl
BoA	Betulonic acid
Boc	tert-Butyloxycarbonyl
BODIPY	Boron-dipyrromethene
Bu	Butyl
cat	Catalyst
CCID50	Cell culture infectious dose 50%
CD	Cyclodextrin
CDI	1,1’-Carbonyl-diimidazole
CuAAC	Copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition
Dab	2,4-Diaminobutyric acid
Dap	2,3-Diaminopropionic acid
DCC	N,N’-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide
DCM	Dichloromethane
DIC	N,N’-Diisopropylcarbodiimide
DIPEA	N,N-Diisopropylethylamine
DMA	N,N-Dimethylacetamide
DMAP	4-(Dimethylamino)pyridine
DME	1,2-Dimethoxyethane
DMF	Dimethylformamide
DMSO	Dimethylsulfoxide
DPPA	Diphenyl phosphoryl azide
EC50	Half maximal effective concentration
EDC	N-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)-N’-ethylcarbodiimide
equiv	Molar equivalents
Et	Ethyl
GI50	Growth inhibition of 50% of cells
GSK	GlaxoSmithKline
HBA	23-Hydroxybetulinic acid
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HOBt	Hydroxybenzotriazole
HPMA	N-(2-Hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide
IC50	Half maximal inhibitory concentration
i-Pr	Isopropyl
KHMDS	Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide
LTA	Lead tetraacetate or lead(IV) acetate
Lys	Lysine
mCPBA	m-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid
Me	Methyl
Orn	Ornithine
PCC	Pyridinium chlorochromate
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
Ph	Phenyl
Py	Pyridine
PyBOP	Benzotriazol-1-yl-oxytripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate
quant	Quantitative (yield)
rt	Room temperature
SN2	Bimolecular nucleophilic substitution
TBS	tert-Butyl(dimethyl)silyl
TBTU	N,N,N’,N’-Tetramethyl-O-(benzotriazol-1-yl)uronium tetrafluoroborate
t-Bu	tert-Butyl
Tf	Triflate
TFA	Trifluoroacetic acid
THF	Tetrahydrofuran
UA	Ursolic acid
β-CD	β-Cyclodextrin