Reason : By methylation only four hydrogen atoms of diborane are substituted forming Me4B2H2.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
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C
Assertion is true but Reason is false
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Assertion is false but Reason is true
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Solution
The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion Diborane has 4-termianl B−H bonds and 2-bridged B−H−B bonds. During methylation of diborane, all terminal H atoms are replaced by methyl atoms.