It has been over three decades since HIV, the causative agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), was identified. From the beginning of the global pandemic of HIV in the early 1980s, an estimated 78 million people have been infected with HIV; about 39 million people have died of AIDS-related causes [1]. There are 2 major types of HIV, HIV-1 and HIV-2, out of which HIV-1 is the more virulent and pathogenic. HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme specifically synthesizes double-stranded DNA from single-stranded viral RNA and is an important target for anti-HIV drug development. In the early 1990s, potent HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) with significant clinical activity were developed. Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) are leading drugs in the treatment of HIV-1 infections [2]. NNRTIs are capable of reducing the viral reservoirs in the brain due to their high lipophilicity because of the absence of sugar molecules in their structure. Currently, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) combination therapy is used for the treatment of HIV to avoid the development of resistance against a single drug, but it also causes psychiatric and neurological side effects [3]. Hence, there is a dire need for novel anti-HIV agents with fewer side effects. Drug discovery is a very long and costly procedure. It requires 10-15 years and billions of dollars to discover a new drug. CADD tools significantly reduce time and monetary investment in drug discovery. Molecular docking is one of the most important tools of CADD used in drug discovery today to understand drug-receptor interactions, the binding affinity of drugs, and orientation of drug molecules to the target site. This helps in better prediction of activity and reduction in side effects, and is a rational approach to drug design [4]. Quinoline and pyrimidine are important scaffolds for anti-HIV drugs. Hameed et al. designed and synthesized quinoline-based chalcones as HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors. Molecular docking studies were performed for the synthesized compounds to determine their binding affinity in the active site of the enzyme. HIV-RT bioassay was used Abstract: Quinoline moiety is an important scaffold in the field of drug discovery and drug development, with a wide range of pharmacological activities. Quinoline derivatives are potent inhibitors for reverse transcriptase, which is responsible for the conversion of single-stranded viral RNA into double-stranded viral DNA.In the present study, we have designed and synthesized 2 series, namely pyrazoline and pyrimidine containing quinoline derivatives as non nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). Eleven compounds were synthesized and characterized by 1 H and 13 C NMR and mass spectrophotometry. The synthesized compounds were also docked on an HIV reverse transcriptase binding site (PDB: 4I2P); most of these compounds showed good binding interactions with the active domain of the receptor. Most of the compounds displayed a docking score higher than tho...