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In certain cases, achiral ligands can become chiral upon 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 becomes locked in one configuration upon coordination. An example is MeNHCH₂CH₂NHMe, where two N atoms become chiral centers upon coordination to a metal atom.

Consider two bidentate ligands for square planar complexes only:

AA → Me–NH–CH₂–CH₂–NH–Me

CD → Me–NH–CH₂–CH₂–NH₂