Assertion :Methyl isocyanide reacts with ozone to from methyl isocyanate. Reason: Methyl isocyanate was responsible for Bhopal tragedy.

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

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Solution

The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
The reason being that the terminal carbon atom in isocyanide has electron-deficient carbon having a sexlet of electrons and hence undergoes addition reactions with ozone.

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