In certain cases, achiral ligands can become chiral on coordination to a metal, leading to a complex that is chiral. Usually the non-chiral ligand contains a donor that rapidly inverts as a free ligand, but that becomes locked in one configuration on co-ordination. An example is MeNHCH_(2)CH_(2)NHMe, where two N atoms become chiral centres on co-ordination to a metal atom. Consider two bidentate ligands for square planar complexes only : A A to Me-NH-CH_(2)-CH_(2)-NHMe CD to Me-NH-CH_(2)-CH_(2)-NH_(2) Total number of chiral and achiral complexes obtained from M(A A)_(2) Will be respectively :

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1.	In certain cases, achiral ligands can become chiral on coordination to a metal, leading to a complex that is chiral. Usually the non-chiral ligand contains a donor that rapidly inverts as a free ligand, but that becomes locked in one configuration on co-ordination. An example is MeNHCH_(2)CH_(2)NHMe, where two N atoms become chiral centres on co-ordination to a metal atom. Consider two bidentate ligands for square planar complexes only : A A to Me-NH-CH_(2)-CH_(2)-NHMe CD to Me-NH-CH_(2)-CH_(2)-NH_(2) Total number of chiral and achiral complexes obtained from M(A A)_(2) Will be respectively :
Answer» 2, 1 4, 2 4, 3 2, 2 Solution :