| CT | Charge transfer |
| KT | Ketotifen Fumarate |
| DDQ | 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone |
| TCNQ | 7,7,8, 8-tetracyanoquinodimethane |
| DFT | density functional theory |
| f | oscillator strength |
| μ | transition dipole moment |
| Ip | ionization potentials |
| energy of charge transfer complex | |
| W | dissociation energy |
| ΔG | Gibbs free energy |
| RN | Resonance energy |
| ε | extinction coefficient |
| MEP | molecular electrostatic potential |
| HOMO | highest occupied molecular orbital |
| LUMO | lowest unoccupied molecular orbital |