APCI	Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
dba	Dibenzylidenaceton
DCM	Dichloromethane
DMSO	Dimethyl sulfoxide
ESI	Electrospray ionization
GC-MS	Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
HOMO	Highest occupied molecular orbital
IR	Infrared
LUMO	Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital
M.S.	Molecular sieves
NMP	N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
NOESY	Nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy
ORTEP	Oak ridge thermal ellipsoid plot
PAH	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PTFE	Polytetrafluoroethylene
TD-DFT	Time-dependent density functional theory
TEMPO	2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy
THF	Tetrahydrofuran
TLC	Thin-layer chromatography
TMS	Tetramethylsilane
TOF	Time of flight
UV	Ultraviolet
XPhos	2-Dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl