Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason. Assertion: Reductive ozonolysis of 1,2-dimethylcyclohexene yields octane-2,7-dione. Reason: Reductive ozonolysis of any substituted cycloalkene always yields a diketone. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Assertion is correct: 1,2-dimethylcyclohexene has a double bond between two methyl-bearing carbons in a six-membered ring. Reductive ozonolysis cleaves the ring at the double bond, converting C1 and C2 into ketone groups. The resulting structure is CH₃-C(=O)-(CH₂)₄-C(=O)-CH₃ , which is an eight-carbon chain with ketones at positions 2 and 7, named octane-2,7-dione. Reason is incorrect: Reductive ozonolysis of a substituted cycloalkene does not always yield a diketone. It depends on the substitution pattern at the d