2-Fluorophenyl Glycine and Alanine, 2-Thienyl Glycine and Alanine, Ruthenium o-Fluorophenyl glycine and alanine, 2-thienyl glycine and alanine form with dinuclear, chloro bridged metal complexes the chiral N, O-chelates (arene)M (Cl)(NH2C H R C 0 2) (M = Ru, Rh, Ir; arene = cymene, Cp*) and (R3P)(C1)M(NH2C H R C 0 2) (M = Pd, Pt) as mixtures of diastereoisomers or cis/trans-isomers, respectively.