I don't know why the placement isn't happening?
dG[\[Xi]_] := D[G[\[Xi]], \[Xi]];
\[CapitalXi]dG[\[Xi]_] := dG[\[Xi]]/G[\[Xi]]^2;
D[\[CapitalXi]dG[\[Xi]], \[Xi]] =
A + B \[CapitalXi]dG[\[Xi]]^2 + c \[CapitalXi]dG[\[Xi]];
a = {a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14,
a15, a16, a17, a18, a19, a20};
U[\[Xi]_] := Sum[a[[i + 3]]*(H + \[CapitalXi]dG[\[Xi]])^i, {i, p, q}]
p = -1; q = 1;
U[\[Xi]]
eq1 = 2*(\[Nu]^2 - k^2)*D[U[\[Xi]], \[Xi]] +
2 (\[Alpha] k^2 \[Nu]^2)*D[U[\[Xi]], {\[Xi], 2}] -
3 \[Nu] k^2*D[U[\[Xi]], \[Xi]]^2 // Expand