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In the following questions a statement of Assertion (A) followed by a statement of Reason (R) is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason explains the assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are wrong statements.
(c) Assertion is correct statement and reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement and reason is correct statement.
(e) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason does not explain assertion.
Assertion (A) All naturally occurring αaminoacids except glycine are optically active.
Reason (R) Most naturally occurring amino acids have L-configuration.

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(e) Assertion and reason both are correct and reason does not explain assertion. All naturally occurring αmino except glycine are optically active.
Glycine is optically inactive because glycine does not have all four different substituent as shown below.


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