Step 1: Concept
This involves the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of ethylenediamine-class antihistamines.
Step 2: Meaning
Tripelennamine and Methaphenilene are both first-generation H1-receptor antagonists.
Step 3: Analysis
Assertion A is correct because both drugs are ethylenediamine derivatives used as antihistamines with similar pharmacological profiles. However, Reason R is incorrect because they are bioisosteres, not stereoisomers. In Methaphenilene, the benzyl group of Tripelennamine is replaced with a thenyl (thiophene) group.
Step 4: Conclusion
Since the similarity is due to bioisosterism and not stereoisomerism, A is correct but R is not.
Final Answer: (C)