In the present study, both classification and correlation approaches have been successfully employed for development of models for the prediction of CDK4 inhibitory activity using a dataset comprising of 52 analogues of 4-aminomethylene isoquinoline-1,3-(2𝐻,4𝐻)-dione. Decision tree, random forest, moving average analysis (MAA), multiple linear regression (MLR), partial least square regression (PLSR) and principal component regression (PCR) were used to develop models for prediction of CDK4 inhibitory activity. The statistical significance of models was assessed through specificity, sensitivity, overall accuracy, Mathew’s correlation coefficient (MCC), cross validated correlation coefficient, 𝐹 test, $r^2$ for external test set (pred_$r^2$), coefficient of correlation of predicted dataset (pred$_-$r²Se) and intercorrelation analysis. High accuracy of prediction offers proposed models a vast potential for providing lead structures for the development of potent therapeutic agents for CDK4 inhibition.

A general scheme for the oxidation of benzyl alcohols catalyzed by silica functionalized copper (II) has been designed. TEMPO, a free radical, assists this oxidation that was initiated by molecular oxygen which converts it to a primary oxidant. This catalytic combination i.e. SiO₂ -Cu(II) in presence of TEMPO and oxygen provides excellent results in terms of yields and reaction time. SiO₂ -Cu(II) was very well characterized by different spectroscopic techniques such as FTIR, XRD, TGA, XPS, EDAX, SEM, TEM and AAS and is recyclable upto five times which makes it economically beneficial.

A new approach for the synthesis of benzimidazoles using ionogel under solvent-free conditions is reported. Catalytic activity of ionogel was compared with silica coated with ionic liquid (silica-IL) and it was found that ionogel is highly active compared to silica-IL for the synthesis of benzimidazoles. Moreover, ionogel was recyclable for the synthesis of benzimidazoles.

Solid supported copper (0) nanoparticles were prepared by physical adsorption of copper (0)nanoparticles (synthesized through bottom-up approach) on the solid supports such as silica, HAP, cellulose andbasic alumina. Studies comparing these supported catalysts were done with the synthesis of arylmethylene-bis-(3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexene-1-one) via the cascade Knoevenagel/Michael reaction. The highly efficient catalystwas characterized by spectroscopic techniques like XPS, TGA, EDX, SEM, TEM and AAS. The biologicalimportance of arylmethylene-bis-(3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexene-1-one) enforced us to synthesize these compoundscatalytically using solid supported copper (0) nanopartcles.

An efficient and eco-friendly procedure has been developed for the synthesis of various 2,2'- arylmethylenebis(3-hydroxy-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one) derivatives which were isolated and characterizedby melting point, IR,$^{ 1}H-NMR$,$^{ 13}$C-NMR and mass spectrometric techniques. Out of the fourteencompounds synthesized, four compounds yielded crystals suitable for single crystal X-ray analysis whichshowed that 2,2'-phenylmethylenebis(3-hydroxy-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one) crystallizes in the tetragonalsystem with space group I41/a, 2,2’-(3-nitrophenyl)methylenebis(3-hydroxy-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one) crystallizes in the monoclinic system with space group P21/n, 2,2’-(4-nitrophenyl)methylenebis(3-hydroxy-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one) crystallizes in the orthorhombic system with space group Pca21and 2,2’-(4-chlorophenyl)methylenebis(3-hydroxy-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one) crystallizes in the monoclinicspace group P21/c.