Suppose you obtain the UV photoelectron spectrum shown here for a gas-phase molecule. Each of the groups corresponds to a cation produced by ejecting an electron from a different MO. What can you conclude about the bond length of the cations in the three states formed relative to the ground-state neutral molecule? Use the relative intensities of the individual vibrational peaks in each group to answer this question.

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Mu lonization energy Intensity