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Twenty novel dihydroartemisinin-coumarin hybrids, 10a\u2013e, 11a\u2013e, 12a\u2013e, 13a\u2013e, were synthesized via click chemistry in this study and their structures were characterized by HRMS and NMR. The cytotoxic activities were measured by MTT assay against three cancer cell lines (HCT-116, MDA-MB-231, and HT-29) under normoxic or anoxic conditions, respectively. The target compounds exhibited moderate activity with IC50 values in the 0.05\u2013125.40 \u03bcM range, and these compounds exhibited better activity against HT-29 cell line under anoxic condition. The cytotoxic activities of most compounds under anoxic condition displayed one- to 10-fold greater activity than under normoxic condition. Compounds 10a\u2013e showed better selectivity against the HT-29 cell line than the other two cell lines. 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