Novel sulfonamide derivatives have been synthesized from the readily accessible N‐(4‐acetylphenyl)benzenesulfonamide (1). Condensation of 1 with phenylhydrazine in refluxing ethyl alcohol gave the corresponding phenylhydrazone 2, which was then added to the Vilsmeier‐Haack reagent (POCl3/DMF) to give the 4‐formylpyrazole derivative 3. Fusion of 1 with thiourea in the presence of iodine at 130°C afforded the 2‐aminothiazole derivative 4. Refluxing 1 with an excess of N, N‐dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal furnished the enaminone 5. The chemical reactivity of enaminone 5 toward some nitrogen and carbon nucleophiles has been studied to obtain polyfunctionalized heteroaromatic systems bearing a sulfonamide moiety. Besides, the enaminone 5 undergoes the Gewald reaction and reacts with ethyl cyanoacetate and elemental sulfur in the presence of morpholine to yield the 2‐aminothiophene derivative 18. Moreover, the utility of 5 for the synthesis of 4‐(phenylsulfonamido)benzoic acid (19) was investigated. The synthesized sulfonamides were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxic activities against two human cell lines, MCF‐7 (breast adenocarcinoma cells) and RPE‐1 (normal retina pigmented epithelium cells). The results revealed that compounds 1‐3, 6‐8, 10, 12b, 18, 19, and 21 have a potent cytotoxic effect on MCF‐7 and less on RPE‐1 cells compared to the positive control doxorubicin®.