Ac – acetyl
Alloc – allyloxycarbonyl
BBN (9-BBN) – 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN)
BHT – 2,6-di-t-butyl-p-cresol (butylated hydroxytoluene)
BINAP – 2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl
BINOL – 1,1′-bi-2,2′-naphthol
bipy – 2,2′-bipyridyl
Bn – benzyl
Boc – t-butoxycarbonyl
BOP-Cl – bis(2-oxo-3-oxazolidinyl)phosphinic chloride
BQ – benzoquinone
Bz – benzoyl
Cbz (Z) – benzyloxycarbonyl
CDI – carbonyl diimidazole
COD – 1,5-cyclooctadiene
CSA – camphorsufonic acid
DABCO – 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane
DAST – diethylaminosulfur trifluoride
DBAD – di-tert-butylazodicarboxylate
DBN – 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene
DBU – 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene
DCC – dicyclohexylcarbodiimide
DCE – dichloroethane
DCM – dichloromethane
DDQ – 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone
DEAD – diethyl azodicarboxylate
DET – diethyl tartrate
DHP – 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran
DIAD – diisopropyl azodicarboxylate
DIB (BAIB or PIDA) – (diacetoxyiodo)benzene
DIBAL (DIBAH) DIBAL-H – diisobutylaluminum hydride
DIPEA (Hünig’s base) – diisopropylethylamine
DMA (DMAC) – N,N-dimethylacetamide
DMAD – dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate
DMAP – N,N-4-dimethylaminopyridine
DMDO – dimethyl dioxirane
DME – 1,2-dimethoxyethane
DMF – N,N-dimethylformamide
DMP – Dess-Martin periodinane
DMPS – dimethylphenylsilyl
DMPU – 1,3-dimethyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2(1H)-pyrimidone (N,N-dimethyl propylene urea)
DMS – dimethylsulfide
DMSO – dimethylsulfoxide
DPPA – diphenylphosphoryl azide (diphenylphosphorazidate)
dppe – 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane
dppf – 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene
DPS (also TBDPS or BPS) – t-butyldiphenylsilyl
EDC (EDAC) – 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (ethyldimethylaminopropylcarbodiimide)
EDCI – 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride
EDTA – ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid
Fmoc – 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl
HATU – O-(7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N’,N’ – tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate
HMDS – 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazane
HMPA – hexamethylphosphoric acid triamide (hexamethylphosphoramide)
HOAt – 1-hydroxy-7-azabenzotriazole
HOBt (HOBT) – 1-hydroxybenzotriazole
IBX – o-iodoxybenzoic acid
Imid (Im) – imidazole
KHMDS – potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide
LDA – lithium diisopropylamide
LHMDS (LiHMDS) – lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide
LiTMP (LTMP) – lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide
L-selectride – lithium tri-sec-butylborohydride
LTA – lead tetraacetate
MAD – methyl aluminum bis(2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenoxide)
m-CPBA – meta chloroperbenzoic acid
Mes – mesityl
MOM – methoxymethyl
Ms – mesyl (methanesulfonyl)
MVK – methyl vinyl ketone
NaHMDS – sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide
NBS – N-bromosuccinimide
NCS – N-chlorosuccinimide
NIS – N-iodosuccinimide
NMM – N-methylmorpholine
NMO – N-methylmorpholine oxide
NMP – N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone
Ns – 2-nitrobenzenesulfonyl
Oxone – potassium peroxymonosulfate
PCC – pyridinium chlorochromate
PDC – pyridinium dichromate
PIDA (BAIB or DIB) – phenyliodonium diacetate
PIFA – phenyliodonium bis(trifluoroacetate)
Piv – pivaloyl
PMB (MPM) – p-methoxybenzyl
PPTS – pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate
PTSA (or TsOH) – p-toluenesulfonic acid
SEM – 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl
TASF – tris(diethylamino)sulfonium difluorotrimethylsilicate
TBAB – tetra-n-butylammonium bromide
TBAF – tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride
TBAI – tetra-n-butylammonium iodide
TBDMS (TBS) – t-butyldimethylsilyl
TBDPS (BPS) – t-butyldiphenylsilyl
TBHP – tert-butyl hydroperoxide
TEA – triethylamine
TEMPO – 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy free radical
Teoc – 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxycarbonyl
TES – triethylsilyl
Tf – trifluoromethanesulfonyl
TFA – trifluoroacetic acid
TFAA – trifluoroacetic anhydride
THP – (2-)tetrahydropyranyl
TIPS – triisopropylsilyl
TMEDA – N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylethylenediamine
TPAP – tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate
Troc – 2,2,2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl
Ts (Tos) – p-toluenesulfonyl
Z (Cbz) – benzyloxycarbonyl
