The separation of diastereoisomers by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) is an area currently being actively investigated {1-4), since the method can be successfully used for the determination of steric purity of asymmetric compounds (5). We have been concerned with the underlying solute structural features necessary for separation to occur {6, 7), in order to provide guidelines for the selection of suitable resolving agents and chromatographic conditions. In this paper we wish to report results on the separation of a series of systematically structurally related A-trifluoroacetyl-X-phenylalanine ± alkyl esters and a series of A-trifluoroacetyl-S-prolylamides derived from asymmetric amines and amino acid esters. EXPERIMENTAL Diastereoisomeric esters were separated on a Varían Autoprep gas chromatograph using a 15-foot X V-i-inch column packed with 0.75/0.25 W/W% (DEGS)/(EGSS-X) on Chromosorb W, with a nitrogen flow of 65 ml/min (Table I). The amide and peptide derivatives were chromatographed on a Varían Aerograph 1200 chromatograph using 5-foot X Vs-inch stainless steel columns packed with 5% (QF-1) on Aeropack 30 and 0.5% ethylene glycol adipate (EGA) on Aeropack 30, with a nitrogen flow of 30 ml/min (Table II).