Five 3t-pentyl-2r, 6c-diarylpiperidin-4-ones (1-5) and their oxime derivatives (6-10) (aryl = C 6 H 5 , p-FC 6 H 4, p-NO 2 C 6 H 4 , p-CH 3 OC 6 H 4 , p-ClC 6 H 4 ) have been synthesized by condensing 2-octanone with the appropriate substituted benzaldehydes and ammonium acetate. For all these compounds, 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra have been recorded and for certain compounds HOMOCOSY, HSQC, HMBC and Mass spectra have also been recorded. The spectral data suggest that the compounds exist in chair conformation with equatorial orientation of the bulky substituents. Long range coupling is observed between H(5) ax and H(6) (ax) in all the cases suggesting that H(5) ax is anti to C(6)-C(5) bond. To study the structure activity relationship, these compounds were assayed for their antibacterial and antifungal activities via screening them against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Solmonella typhi, Psedomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger, Mucor, Rhizopus sp respectively. Among the synthesized compounds p-fluoro and p-methoxy substituted compounds exhibit better activity against E.coli, S.typhi and A.niger.