Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: A solution of the product obtained by heating a mole of glycine with a mole of chlorine in presence of red phosphorous generates chiral carbon atom.
Reason R: A molecule with 2 chiral carbons is always optically active.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) A is false but R is true.
(2) A is true but R is false.
(3) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(4) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

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