Assertion: All naturally occurring a-amino acids except glycine are optically active.
Reason: Most naturally occurring amino acids have L-configuration.

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Assertion and Reason both are correct but Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion. All naturally occurring 𝜶-amino except glycine are optically active.
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Glycine does not possess any chiral centre.

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