This paper reports that an impulsive control theory for synchronization of nonlinear R(o)ssler chaotic systems is developed. A new framework for impulsive synchronization between such chaotic systems is presented, which makes the synchronization error system a linear impulsive control system. Therefore, it is easy to derive the impulsive synchronization law. The proposed impulsive control scheme is illustrated by nonlinear R(o)ssler chaotic systems and the simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.