Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reaso — JEE Mains Chemistry Past Papers Chemistry Question

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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : -halocarboxylic acid on reaction with dill NH3 gives good yield of -amino carboxylic acid where as the yield of amines is very low when prepared form alkyl halides. Reason (R) : Amino acids exist in zwitter ion form in aqueous medium. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer form the options given below : (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) (B) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct (C) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) (D) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct