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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)`
In the complex solution `[M(CD)_(2)]`, identify the complex isomer which does not have any mirror planes but is nor chiral.

A

B

C

D

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B
(b) has centre of symmetry.
(c ) has plane of symmetry, (a) and (d) are optically active.
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