Assertion: Carboxylic acids contain a carbonyl group but do not give characteristic reactions of the carbonyl group.
Reason: Due to resonance, the electrophilic nature of the carboxyl cation is greatly reduced as compared to carbonyl carbon in aldehydes and ketones.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but the reason is wrong.
(d) Both assertion and reason are wrong.
