Coordination Compounds

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Square planar complexes do not show optical isomerism. Why?

The essential requirement for a compound to be optically active is that the compound should not have plane of symmetry in its structure. The tetra coordinated complexes with a square planar geometry contain a plane of symmetry. Therefore it do not show optical isomerism.
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