In this study, baseline separation of the stereoisomers of six tetrahydronaphthalenic derivatives (agonists and antagonists for the melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamin) binding sites) was successfully achieved using CE and CDs as chiral selectors. The method for the simultaneous chiral separation of the four stereoisomers uses a capillary dynamically coated with polyethylene oxide and a dual CD system. Optimisation was performed first upon the constituents of the CD system, by varying neutral and anionic CD type, size and concentration, at first in mono-CD systems and subsequently in dual neutral/anionic CD systems. Once these characteristics of the dual CD system were established, operational parameters such as voltage and temperature were then optimised. Under the optimal conditions (i.e. 1.5% w/v of highly S-beta-CD and 10 mM of gamma-CD in 25 mM phosphate buffer (pH 2.5) as the BGE, separation voltage 20 kV and a temperature of 25 degrees C), complete resolution of the six molecules was accomplished. Preliminary results for repeatability and the migration order of the optimised method are described.