A ring R is called GW CN if x 2 y 2 = xy 2 x for all x ∈ N (R) and y ∈ R , which is a proper generalization of reduced rings and CN rings. We study the sufficient conditions for GW CN rings to be reduced and CN . We first discuss many properties of GW CN rings. Next, we give some interesting characterizations of left min-abel rings.Finally, with the help of exchange GW CN rings, we obtain some characterizations of strongly regular rings.