~~It is shown that dimethyl 7-isopropyl-5, IO-dimethylheptalene-1,2-dicarboxylate (1) and dimethyl 5,6,8,10-tetramethylheptalene-l,2-dicarboxylate (2) can be resolved via the corresponding mono-acids and with the aid of optically active primary or secondary amines such as I-phenylethylamine or ephedrine into the (-)-(P)-and (+)-(M)-enantiomeres, respectively. Characteristic for the (P)-chirality of the heptalene n-skeleton with C, or pseudo-C, symmetry are two (-)-CE's at the long wavelength region (450-300 nm) followed by at least one intense (+)-CE at wavelengths about or below 300 nm. The absolute configuration of the heptalenes was correlated with the well-established absolute configuration of (+)-(R)-and (-)-(S)-l -phenylethanol.