this structural class of anthracenes. Contrary to mitoxantrone, cytotoxic properties were observed as documented by the reactivity of the novel compounds and potent in vitro activity against C6 cells and hep G2 cells over a wide range of structural variants. Among these compounds, 5c, 5h, 5land 5n are potentcytotoxins. They inhibit C6 cell growth in culture, indicated by using 2, 3‐bis(2‐methoxy‐4‐n