| ADME | Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| Bbt | Barbiturate |
| BZD | Benzodiazepine(s) |
| BZR | Benzodiazepine receptor |
| CDI | 1,1′-Carbonyldiimidazole |
| DBU | 1,8-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene |
| DCC | N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide |
| DCE | 1,2-dichloroethane |
| DCM | Dichloromethane |
| DMAc | Dimethylacetamide |
| DMAP | 4-Dimethylaminopyridine |
| DMF | Dimethylformamide |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DEEMM | Diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate |
| DIPEA | N,N-Diisopropylethylamine |
| EBOB | Ethynylbicycloorthobenzoate |
| ECD | Extracellular domain |
| Eto | Etomidate |
| GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid |
| GABAA | GABAA receptors |
| HATU | Hexafluorophosphate Azabenzotriazole Tetramethyl Uronium |
| HTIB | [Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene |
| IPA HCl | Isopropanol hydrochloride |
| KOtBu | Potassium tert-butoxide |
| NAM | Negative Allosteric Modulator |
| NMP | N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone |
| OTC | Over-the-counter |
| PAM | Positive Allosteric Modulator |
| PET | Positron Emmission Tomography |
| PQ | Pyrazoloquinolinone |
| SAM | Silent Allosteric Modulator |
| TBBAB | Tetra-n-butylammonium bromide |
| TBAF | Tetrabutylammonium fluoride |
| TEA | Triethylamine |
| THF | Tetrahydrofuran |
| TMD | Transmembrane domain |
| TMP | 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine |
| TosMIC | p-Toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide |