| Bpy | 2,2’-Bipyridine |
| DMAP | 4-Dimethylaminopyrimidine |
| DMF | Dimethylformamide |
| DMSO | Dimethylsulfoxide |
| dNTP | Deoxyribose nucleoside triphosphate |
| Dppz | Dipyrido[3,2:a-2′,3′:c]phenazine |
| Im | Imidazole |
| LMCT | Ligand-to-metal charge transfer |
| Me2dppz | 9,10-Dimethyl-dipyridophenazine |
| MLCT | Metal-to-ligand charge transfer |
| ODN | OligoDeoxyriboNucleotide |
| Oligo | Oligonucleotide |
| PAGE | Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| Phen | 1,10-Phenanthroline |
| Phen’ | 5-(Glutaric acid monoamide)-1,10-phenanthroline |
| PNA | Peptide nucleic acid |
| Py | Pyridine |
| TAP | 1,4,5,8-Tetraazaphenanthrene |
| Terpy | Terpyridine |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| TPAC | Tetrapyridoacridine |
| TPPTS | Triphenylphosphine-3,3′,3′′-trisulfonic acid trisodium salt |