The semileptonic decays of B-c mesons in the framework of QCD are cons
idered with use of the spectra of the excited state masses of particip
ating mesons. The obtained results are in good agreement with other ca
lculations carried out within QCD sum rules. The reasons for the discr
epancy observed between the QCD sum rule data and the quark models are
discussed. It is shown how to eliminate these discrepancies using hig
her QCD corrections.