| ATRA | atom transfer radical addition |
| CT | charge transfer |
| DCM | dichloromethane |
| DFT | density functional theory |
| EDA | electron donor–acceptor |
| HOMO | highest occupied molecular orbital |
| IC | internal conversion |
| ISC | intersystem crossing |
| KS | Kohn–Sham |
| LED | light-emitting diode |
| LUMO | lowest unoccupied molecular orbital |
| MRCI | multi-reference configuration interaction |
| MRSOCI | multi-reference spin–orbit configuration interaction |
| PES | potential energy surface |
| QDPT | quasi-degenerate perturbation theory |
| SOC | spin–orbit coupling |
| SOCME | spin–orbit coupling matrix element |
| SOMO | singly occupied molecular orbital |
| TDDFT | time-dependent density functional theory |
| TDA | Tamm–Dancoff approximation |