This invention relates to the synthesis of certain novel Baylis-Hillman adducts of artremisinin derived aldehyde 2[10′β-deoxoartemisininyl]-ethanal. The capabilities of introduction of three functional groups into a molecule in one step using Baylis-Hillman reaction encouraged us to synthesize some highly functionalized derivatives of artemisinin. These highly functionalized artemisinin derivatives embodied in this document are found to be active against various cancer cell-lines
