A new series of tricyclic pyrimidoquinoxaline derivatives were synthesized and evaluated as antitumor assays and compared with standard drug 5‐fluorouracil. These new pyrimidoquinoxaline derivatives were synthesized by the reaction with o‐aminonitrilequinoxaline derivative 3 with various reagents. One from which, the condensation of o‐aminonitrile with potassium cyanate in acetic acid was stated as a new procedure for building the pyrimidine ring incorporate to quinoxaline moiety. Further condensation of aminonitrile 3 with formamide or Vilsmeier reaction followed by transamination or carbon disulphide was applied as procedures for the pyrimidine ring syntheses. Compound 15 achieved significant in vitro antitumor activity, and compounds 9 and 14 have high activities.