A high performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the resolution of optical isomers of beta-amino ketone compounds containing two chiral centres. An AE. Lichrom AM 1 chiral chromatographic column (250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 microm) was used. The influences o the mobile phase polarity, flow rate and elution mode were investigated. The optimum conditions were the use of hexane-isopropyl alcohol as the mobile phase with a flow rate of 1 mL/min and gradient elution. Under the above chromatographic conditions, the optical isomers of four kinds beta-amino ketone compounds containing two chiral centres were baseline separated (Rs > 1.5). It was proved that the method is fast and easy to separate the optical isomers of beta-amino ketone compounds containing two chiral centres.