Table 2. Free Energies for Ground and Excited State Reactions of bpy and dpab Complexes^a.

	ground-state reactions			excited-state reactions
	ΔGET (kcal/mol)	ΔGPT (kcal/mol)	ΔGPCET (kcal/mol)	ΔGET* (kcal/mol)	ΔGPT* (kcal/mol)	ΔGPCET* (kcal/mol)
MQ+
[(bpy)2Ru(4,4′-dhbpy)]2+	52	10.0	35	6.4	6.9	–9.3
[(dpab)2Ru(4,4′-dhbpy)]2+	55	7.4	40	13	2.8	–3.2
BMQ+
[(bpy)2Ru(4,4′-dhbpy)]2+	50.8	11.7	33	4.4	8.5	–9.9
[(dpab)2Ru(4,4′-dhbpy)]2+	52.6	9.0	41	10	4.5	–2.4

^aThe approaches used for determination of the free energies are discussed on pages 17 and 18 of the SI.