Consider the following structure. If a chlorine atom is substituted for each of the labeled hydrogen atoms, which of the following is true of the resulting compound?

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Consider the following structure.  If a chlorine atom is substituted for each of the labeled hydrogen atoms, which of the following is true of the resulting compound?

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The structure provided is a hexagonal ring with one vertical bond. By adding chlorine atoms to each labeled hydrogen, the resulting compound will have six chlorines spaced around the ring. The numbering system for this type of structure starts at one of the vertical bonds and goes around one side of the ring, then down the other side. This means that the positions 1 and 4 are directly across from each other on the ring, indicating that the compounds will have substituents bonded to its 1,4 positions. The compound cannot have cis-trans isomers because there are no double bonds in the structure. The substituents will not be in meta positions because meta positions are three carbons away from each other in a benzene ring, and there are no meta positions in this structure.

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