BuLi	butyllithium
CCDC	Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
CCD	charge-coupled device
DFT	density functional theory
DMF	dimethylformamide
ESI-TOF	electrospray ionization time-of-flight
HRMS	high resolution mass spectrometry
IVCT	intervalence charge-transfer
LMCT	ligand-to-metal charge-transfer
MBDT	metal benzenedithiolene
MDT	metal dithiolene
MTDT	metal thiophenedithiolene
MO	molecular orbital
NIR	near infra-red
NiTzDT	nickel thiazoledithiolene
NMP	N-methylpyridinium
NMR	nuclear magnetic reasonance
f	oscillator strength
SCE	saturated calomel electrode
SOMO	singly occupied molecular orbital
tBuLi	tert-butyllithium
Bu4N	tetrabutylammonium
THF	tetrahydrofuran
TDDFT	time dependent density functional theory
TIPS	triisopropylsilyl
UV	ultraviolet