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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 :

A

2, 1

B

4, 2

C

4, 3

D

2, 2

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