A novel chiral palladacycle containing ortho-metallated (Ϯ)-1-(3,6-dimethylnaphthalen-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylethylamine was designed and synthesized by a multi-step synthesis by using 2,7-dimethylnaphthalene as the starting material. The structure and palladacycle ring conformation of the triphenylphosphane derivative was investigated by X-ray structural analysis in the solid state and by 2D ROESY NMR spectroscopy in solution. Through a designed intramolecular steric interaction, the five-membered naphthylamine chelate can be locked into a fixed conformation, both in the solid state and in solution. The racemic cyclopalladated complex could be efficiently resolved through the formation of its (S)-prolinato and (S)-alaninato derivatives. The structure and absolute configuration of the two optically resolved palladium complexes were determined by X-ray diffraction. Both the