| Substituents | |
| Ac | Acetyl |
| Ar | Aromatics |
| Bn | Benzyl |
| Boc | tert-Butyloxycarbonyl |
| Bu | Butyl |
| Cbz | Benzyloxycarbonyl |
| COD | Cyclooctadiene |
| coe | Cyclooctene |
| Cp | Cyclopentadienyl |
| dba | Dibenzylideneacetone |
| Et | Ethyl |
| Hbpin | Pinacolborane |
| hex | Hexyl |
| IMes | 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene |
| L | Ligand |
| Me | Methyl |
| Ms | Methanesulfonyl |
| Napht | Naphtyl |
| nbd | Norbornadiene |
| Ns | Nosyl |
| Ph | Phenyl |
| Phen | Phenanthroline |
| Pent | Pentyl |
| Piv | Pivaloyl |
| PMP | p-Methoxyphenyl |
| ppy | Phenylpyridine |
| Pr | Propyl |
| PS | Polystyrene |
| Py | Pyridine |
| Tf | Triflate |
| TPP | Tetraphenylporphine |
| Ts | Toluenesulfonyl |
| Reagents/Solvents | |
| DBAD | Dibenzyl azodicarboxylate |
| DBU | 1,8-Diazabicyclo [5.4.0]undec-7-ene |
| DIBAL-H | Diisobutylaluminium hydride |
| DCE | Dichloroethane |
| DCM | Dichloromethane |
| DMA | Dimethylacetamide |
| DMF | Dimethylformamide |
| DMPU | N,N′-Dimethylpropyleneurea |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| HATU | 2-(7-aza-1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate |
| HFIP | Hexafluoroisopropanol |
| KHDMS | Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide |
| LiHDMS | Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PIDA | Phenyliodine(III) diacetate |
| STAB | Sodium triacetoxyborohydride |
| TBAF | Tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride |
| TBHP | tert-Butyl hydroperoxide |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| TFE | Trifluoroethanol |
| THF | Tetrahydrofuran |
| TIPS | Triisopropyl silane |
| TMEDA | Tetramethylethylenediamine |
| TMS | Tetramethylsilane |
| Term: | |
| dr | Diastereomeric Ratio |
| ee | Enantiomeric Excess |
| er | Enantiomeric Ratio |
| HAT | Hydrogen Atom Transfer |
| IMAMR | Intramolecular Aza-Michael Reactions |
| MCR | Multicomponent Reaction |
| MOC | Memory of Chirality |
| Medical: | |
| 11β-HSD1 | 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 |
| Ache | Acetylcholinesterase |
| ALK | Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase |
| ARPC | Androgen-Refractory Cancer Cell Lines |
| BACE-1 | Beta-secretase 1 |
| Buche | Butyrylcholinesterase |
| CA | Carbonic Anhydrase |
| CGRP | Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| Ikkb | Iκb Kinase |
| M3R | M3 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor |
| MAGL | Monoacylglycerol Lipase |
| MAO-B | Monoamine Oxidase B |
| MRSA | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| ROS1 | C-Ros Oncogene 1 |
| Trpv1 | Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel Subfamily V Member 1 |
| WHO | World Health Organization |