Ac	acetyl
Ar	aryl
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
Bn	benzyl
Boc	tert-butoxycarbonyl
BOM	benzyloxymethyl
Bu	butyl
CAN	cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate
Cbz	N-carboxybenzyl
CDI	1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole
CFL	compact fluorescent lamp
CGMCC	China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center
m-CPBA	m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid
DBU	1,5-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene
DEAD	diethyl azodicarboxylate
DIBAL-H	diisobutylaluminum hydride
DIPEA	N,N-diisopropylethylamine
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
DPIX	deuterioporphyrin
DMF	dimethylformamide
ED50	half effective dose
EDC	1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide
Eh	2-ethylhexyl
eq	(stoichiometric) equivalent
Et	ethyl
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
Fmoc	fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl
HOBt	hydroxybenzotriazole
HBTU	O-(benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N’,N’-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate
HMTA	hexamethylenetetramine
IC50	half inhibitory concentration (bacterial growth or biochemical)
Ir(ppy)3	tris(2-phenylpyridine)iridium
Me	methyl
MIC	minimum inhibitory concentration (bacterial growth)
MRSA	methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Ms	methanesulfonyl
MTCC	Microbial Type Culture Collection (India)
Mtz	metronidazole
MW	microwave
Nim	5-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl
NMM	4-methylmorpholine
Nps	nanoparticles
n.r.	not reported
Ns	nosyl (p-nitrobenzesulfonyl)
PBP	penicillin binding protein
PCC	pyridinium chlorochromate
Ph	phenyl
PNB	p-nitrobenzyl
PNZ	p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl
Pr	propyl
Pro	proline
PTCC	Persian Type Culture Collection
Py	pyridyl
rt	room temperature
TBAB	tetrabutylammonium bromide
TBS	tert-butyldimethylsilyl
TBTU	N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-O-(benzotriazol-1-yl)uronium tetrafluoroborate
Tf	triflyl (trifluoromethanesulfonyl)
TFA	trifluoroacetic acid
THF	tetrahydrofuran
TIPS	trisopropylsilyl
Ts	tosyl (p-toluenesulfonyl)