This doctoral thesis describes synthesis of various primaquine (PQ) derivatives: bis-ureas 11, ureas and semicarbazones 12 with bulky aryl or hydroxyalkyl substituents, PQ-cinnamic acid conjugates (PQ-CAD) of the amide 15 and acylsemicarbazide type 16, and ureidoamides 20, as a continuation of the previous work on the derivatization of the antimalarial drug PQ developed at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry in Zagreb. Most PQ derivatives were prepared utilizing benzotriazole as a synthetic auxiliary – 1-benzotriazolecarboxylic acid chloride (BtcCl) reacts readily with nucleophiles affording a variety of highly reactive synthetic precursors for the synthesis of the title compounds. Two synthetic approaches for the preparation of the PQ bis-ureas 11 were applied. In the first approach, the products grew from the semicarbazide part, and PQ entered the molecule at the final stage. In the second approach, one common precursor PQ semicarbazide 9 was introduced, from which various PQ bis-ureas were prepared. Derivatives 12 were obtained in the reaction of benzotriazolide 8, 2c or 2d with corresponding amines or directly from PQ and isocyanate. PQ-CAD amides 15 and acylsemicarbazides 16 were prepared from the corresponding chlorides 14 and PQ or PQ semicarbazide 9, respectively. Additionally, amides 15d,e,g were obtained by aminolysis of CAD benzotriazolide 13 with PQ. Ureidoamide derivatives of PQ and amino acids 20 were synthesized in the reaction of PQ and corresponding N-(1-benzotriazolecarbonyl)amino acid amides 19. Common analytical and spectroscopic methods for the characterization of the synthesized compounds were used. Their cytostatic activity, antioxidative activity by DPPH reducing ability, and inhibition of linoleic acid lipid peroxidation and lipoxygenase were evaluated in vitro. The most prominent cytostatic activity on MCF-7 breast adenocarcinoma cell line was exerted by compound 16j, followed by 11f having more favourable ratio of antiproliferative activity and cytotoxicity. Compounds 16d,g,i,j,k had the strongest DPPH reducing ability, whereas compounds 20c and 12d showed the highest inhibition of linoleic acid lipid peroxidation. The most potent lipoxigenase inhibitor was compound 16d. The obtained results indicate that PQ bis-ureas and acylsemicarbazides are more active than ureas and amides, and therefore could be considered as lead compounds in development of novel cytostatics and antioxidants.