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Assertion: Propadiene is optically active. Reason: Propadiene has a plane of symmetry.A. If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.B. If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanations of the assertionC. If assertion is true but reason is false.D. If assertion is false but reason is true. |
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Answer» Correct Answer - D `1,2`-propandiene is not optically active because the terminal `2`-hybridised carbons have the same atoms i.e. `H`-atoms. As a result, it has a plane of symmetry passing through the three carbon atoms and hence the molecule is optically inactive. |
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