Arom. aldehydes were condensed in EtOH under boiling, pptd. by cooling to the room temp., sepd. by filtration, dried under vacuum and studied for anticancer activity against 3 human hepatoma tumor cell lines (SMMC-7721, BEL-740 and HCCLM3). Normal fibroblast cells WI 38 were also used. Fluorouracil was used as a ref. anticancer agent. One of the synthesized comps. showed a high inhibitory effect against 3 tumor cell lines (higher than the ref. agent). The compd. was non-cytotoxic to normal cells (IC50 values higher than 100 mu g/mL).