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[Display omitted] • Four new phosphoramide ligands and GO-phosphoramide compounds were prepared. • The characterization results of FT-IR, 31PNMR, 1HNMR, and MASS proved ligands. • XRD, FT-IR, FESEM, and EDX analysis confirmed GO-phosphoramide sample. • All compounds were used for MTT assay using MCF-7 cancerous cell lines. • The molecular dynamic and molecular docking simulations were performed. • Monte Carlo adsorption locator simulations and pharmacophore of compounds were used. In this study, four novel phosphoramide ligands (L1–L4) are synthesized and characterized by 31PNMR, 1HNMR, MASS, and FT-IR spectroscopies. In vitro cell growth inhibition is studied by the MTT assay to evaluate the cytotoxicity of ligands against MCF-7 cell line; the result of the assay demonstrates that all ligands significantly suppress the proliferation of breast cancer cells in a concentration-dependent manner. The calculated IC 50 values are in the range of 3.6–10.77 µg ml−1, of which the lowest value is attributed to L1. Then a facile approach was developed to functionalize graphene oxide (GO) surface by L1. The data which are obtained by XRD, FT-IR, and EDX analysis confirmed the deposition of phosphoramide on the surface of GO. The cell viability of GO-L1 compound at different concentrations is investigated in 24 h experiment. Excellent synergistic antitumor effects of GO and L1 lead to a decrease in IC 50 value up to 2.13 μg ml−1. The Quantum calculations of compounds are used to study energies and HOMO and LUMO values, dipole moments (µ), global hardness (η), global softness (σ), and electrophilicity index (ω) using DMol3 module in Material studio2017. The docking calculations are performed to describe the mode of the binding to DNA and DNA polymerase IIα. Adsorption calculations of ligands (L1-L4) on GO sheet in the presence of water showed that L1 and L2 were located on GO via π electrons of anisole ring. While, L3 and L4 were located on GO by π - π interactions of aniline ring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]