摘要Objective: To synthesize inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase such as 6-nitro-4-anilinoquinazolines and 6-amino-4-anilinoquinazolines,and to compare their anticancer effects in vitro. Methods: The 4-anilinoquinazolines compounds were prepared by hydrolyzed, ringed, halagenated, substituded in turn from 2-amino-5-nitrobenzylcarbonitril. The synthesized 4- anilinoquinazoline compounds has been rudimentarily screened by using A431 tumor cell line which overexpresses epidermal growth factor receptor as model adopted MTT method. Results: Five 6-nitro-4-halo-sbstituted anilinoquinazolines and five 6-amino-4-halo-substituted anilinoquinazolines have been obtained,and all of them had anticancer activity. The anticancer activity of 6-amino substituted inhibitors was higher than that of 6-nitro substituted inhibitors. However, the difference of anticancer activity between two series of quinazoline was much less than that of their inhibiting EGFR tyrosine kinase activity. Conclusion: The probable reason for 6-nitro-4-anilinoquinazolines having anticancer activity in vitro was that they had been partially transformed to 6-amino-4-anilinoquinazolines through endocellular cytochrome oxidation-reduction system.