Three oxalatobis(amino-acidato)cobalt (III) complexes of a trans(N) type have been resolved into their optically active isomers, and their visible and ultraviolet absorption spectra, circular dichroism spectra, and rotatory dispersion have been measured and discussed. It has been recently recognized that CD (circular dichroism) spectra are extremely useful in assigning the split components of d-d transition bands of metal complexes.1-4) The CD spectra1) of (+)546-Na[Co(ox)2(en)], for example, show two and three components in its first and second absorption bands respectively, while these splittings have never been detected in its ordinary absorption spectrum. Furthermore, considerable progress has been made in the field of the stereospecific separation of the optical isomers of metal complexes with optically active ligands.5) These investigations have also been made on the basis of their CD spectra mainly. So far the trans(N)-[Co(ox)(gly)2]-ion has been the only known example of a cobalt(III) complex of a trans(N)-oxalatobis(amino-acidato) type.6) In the present paper, the optical resolutions of this bisglycinato plexes will be reported, and their CD and RD (rotatory dispersion) spectra will be compared with each other. Two configurationally optically active isomers of the corresponding bis(L-alaninato) complex will also be separated by means of the stereospecificity due to the coordinated L-alaninate ligands. The absolute configurations and the 1) B. E. Douglas, R. A. Haines and J. C.