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Assertion : Treatment of chloroethane w...

Assertion : Treatment of chloroethane with a saturated solution of AgCN gives ethyl isocyanide as the major product.
Reason : Cyanide`(CN^-)` is an ambident nucelophile

A

Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.

B

Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion

C

Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.

D

Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

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B
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