Synthesis, Hypoglycemic Effect, Antimicrobial and Molecular Docking Studies of Organotin(IV) Complexes Derived From N-Phthalimido β-Amino Acid Derivatives

N-Phthalimido β-amino acid derivatives, 3-phthalimido-3(2-hydroxyphenyl) propanoic acid (P2HPA) and 3-phthalimido-3(2-nitrophenyl) propanoic acid (P2NPA) with new series of diand triorganotin(IV) complexes (1-12) have been designed and synthesized. All the ligands and organotin(IV) complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), nuclear magnetic resonance (H, C, Sn) spectroscopy and electron ionization mass spectrometry (EI-MS). Synthesized ligands and complexes were screened to determine the antibacterial activity and results showed that the triorganotin(IV) complexes have better activity compared to diorganotin(IV) complexes and ligands. In addition, molecular docking analysis of ligands on the catalytic pocket of sortase A (PDB ID 1T2W) showed that the ligands can bind the active amino acid residues in the pocket. The antioxidant activity was also performed by the DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical) method and complexes showed better results than ligands. The compounds were also tested in vivo to determine the hypoglycemic activities on different groups of alloxan induced diabetic rabbits. The complexes (1-6) were found better hypoglycemic agents as they stabilized the glucose level to about 175-105 mg dL as compared to ligand P2HPA.


Introduction
Organotin(IV) compounds have gained considerable attention due to their remarkable industrial, medicinal and agricultural applications. 1-3 Since the last decade, the coordination of biologically active ligands such as amino acids to tin(IV) metal ion has been strained due to its wide utilization in different areas such as antitumour, 4 antiviral, 5 bactericides, fungicides, 6 marine antifouling paints, surface disinfectants, wood preservatives 7 and various others. Several fascinating structural possibilities of amino acids and their β-analogues have been observed during their coordination to organotin(IV) groups, since they are known as potentially polydentate ligands and the organotin(IV) compounds acquire higher coordination numbers under favorable conditions. 8 On the other hand, β-amino acid derivatives are considered as fundamental building blocks for various chemical precursors and these are used in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. 9,10 Studies 11 revealed that β-amino acid derivatives are also important constituents of some toxins and specialized pore-forming lipopeptides which have particular antibacterial and antifungal activity. β-Amino acid derivatives have attained the attraction in drug development because of the uniqueness of their structure, molecular recognition, biomolecular structural and functional studies. [11][12][13] The commonness of species prone to various antimicrobial agents has amplified, resulting in increased illness, death and total cure prices, so infectious diseases are one of the foremost threats to human life. 14,15 The prompt growth of multidrug-resistant pathogens is due to the overuse of antibiotics. 16 The persistent increase in the extent of multidrug resistance to the existing antibiotics is

Synthesis, Hypoglycemic Effect, Antimicrobial and Molecular Docking Studies of Organotin(IV) Complexes Derived from N-Phthalimido β-Amino Acid Derivatives
a prime challenge to the researchers and associated with the discovery of new antimicrobial agents. 17 Antioxidant moieties are microingredients that constrain lipid oxidation by preventing the commencement or proliferation of oxidizing chain reactions and are also elaborated in scavenging of free radical. 18 Free radicals cause oxidative damage to lipids, proteins and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), eventually leading to many chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, aging and other degenerative diseases in humans. 19 High blood glucose level was observed in a person suffering from diabetes mellitus (type-2) caused either by inappropriate production of insulin by the pancreas or by the inadequate response of body's cells towards insulin. 20 Type-2 diabetes contributes to about 90% of diabetes cases and around 150-220 million people globally suffer from diabetes every year. 21 Resistant bacterial infection in diabetic patient is common. The diabetic patients have more exposure to antibiotics and have great problems with healing of infections because of reduced blood supply, which affects the body to resist against infection. Studies 22 revealed that, among the bacteria isolated from wounds of diabetic patients, the number of Gram-negative was higher when compared to Gram-positive ones. Escherichia coli among Gram-negative and Staphylococcus aureus among Gram-positive were found as most common pathogens in wounds of diabetic patients. 22 This very alarming situation justifies the research on novel drugs having potential against the bacterial and diabetic diseases. However, less attention has been paid to the study of antibacterial, antioxidant and antidiabetic properties of β-amino acid carboxylates and their organotin(IV) complexes, even though this class of compounds possess potential biological properties. 23 Keeping in mind the above challenges, N-phthalimido derivatives 3-phthalimido-3(2-hydroxyphenyl) propanoic acid (P2HPA) and 3-phthalimido-3(2-nitrophenyl) propanoic acid (P2NPA) and their organotin(IV) derivatives are being reported here. Comprehensive spectroscopic analysis of the proposed ligands and corresponding complexes was performed to confirm their synthesis. All the ligands and complexes were also evaluated for in vitro antibacterial, antioxidant and in vivo antidiabetic activities to determine their potential and possible applications. Molecular docking studies using sortase A from S. aureus were also performed to better understand the mechanism of action of proposed ligands against the bacterial strain. This enzyme has vital importance due to its presence at the surface of bacteria, and it plays a fundamental role in microbial physiology. It is a frequently virulence factor which also enables the microbes to effectively interact with the environment. 24

Experimental
Materials and instruments 2-Hydroxy benzaldehyde, 2-nitro benzaldehyde, malonic acid, ammonium acetate, phthalic anhydride, dibutyltin(IV) oxide, dibutyltin(IV) dichloride, tributyltin(IV) chloride, triphenyltin(IV) chloride and tricyclohexyltin(IV) chloride (Merck Chemicals, Germany) were acquired and used without further purification. All organic solvents were dried and purified as per given procedures. 25 Fisher-Johns (USA) melting point apparatus was used to determine the melting points. Elemental analysis was carried out by an Eager 300 mass analyzer (USA). A Bruker FTIR (USA) spectrophotometer using OPUS software TENSOR 27 (ZnSe) covering 4000-400 cm -1 recorded the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra of the samples. A Bruker AM 400 NMR (USA) spectrometer recorded the 1 H, 13 C and 119 Sn nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of all the compounds. The chemical shifts were reported relative to (CH 3 ) 4 Si and (CH 3 ) 4 Sn signals, which were used as internal standards. Electron ionization mass spectrometry (EI-MS) spectra were recorded on a Finnigan MAT 312 spectrometer (USA).

Synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives
The first step of the synthetic pathway followed Radionov Johnson method 26,27 in which the malonic acid (1.04 g, 10 mmol) and ammonium acetate (0.778 g, 10 mmol) with an equimolar ratio of the corresponding aldehyde were refluxed in 1-butanol. In the second step the stoichiometric amounts of the synthesized β-amino acids and phthalic anhydride were added in acetic acid and refluxed for 8 h. 28,29 The mixture was allowed to cool and stand at room temperature to obtain N-phthalimido β-amino acid derivatives. The crystals obtained were filtered, washed and collected but at the moment crystals were not submitted to X-ray diffraction studies (Scheme 1).

Synthesis of organotin(IV) complexes
Dibutyltin(IV) oxide and the corresponding β-amino acid derivative in 2:1 (monomer) and 1:l (dimer) molar ratios have been used to synthesize diorganotin(IV) complexes (1, 2, 7, 8) in ethanol and toluene (3:1, v/v) by using Dean Stark apparatus with the removal of water azeotropically. Similarly, the silver salts of the corresponding β-amino acid derivatives and the organotin(IV) chlorides in appropriate molar ratios (2:1/1:1) were refluxed for 6 h in toluene/ ethanol (3:1, v/v) to synthesize compounds (3)(4)(5)(6)(9)(10)(11)(12). The solvent was evaporated under vacuum. Recrystallization was made in different solvents. The procedures for the synthesis of organotin(IV) complexes were also cited in the literature [30][31][32][33] and given in Scheme 2.                The β-amino acid derivatives P2HPA, P2NPA and organotin(IV) complexes (1-12) were tested by disc diffusion method against four standard bacterial strains, i.e., S. aureus, B. subtilis, E. coli and P. aeruginosa. Before utilizing, all the glassware were sterilized at 150 °C for 20 min. For the antibacterial testing, the microbial specimens as swabs of pus, blood, urine, sputum, etc., were collected, isolated and accumulated from different wards of Nishter Hospital Multan. MacConkey agar (10.0 g) and CLED (cystine-lactose-electrolyte-deficient) mediums (10.0 g) in 250 mL of distilled water were autoclaved and proceeded further to prepare Petri plates. The solutions of the ligands and complexes (1-12) of 500 ppm were formulated in DMSO. The composed discs after drenching in test solutions were dried and autoclaved. All the developed Petri plates were subjected to incubation at 37 °C for 24 h. Ciprofloxacin was taken as a standard and DMSO as a negative control. This procedure was repeated in triplicate. 34

Receptor and ligand preparation
The crystal structure of sortase A in complex with LPETG was downloaded from Protein Data Bank with (PDB ID 1T2W). 35 The receptor was prepared by removing the ligand LPETG and water molecules. Vina configuration file was generated by using the AutoDock Tools software 36 (version 4.2) with polar hydrogen and Gasteiger charges were added to finally obtain the file in PDBQT format. The location of final size space dimension of the grid was used x = 18 Å, y = 18 Å and z = 18 Å and center -33.604, -17.684 and 7.115 for x, y and z coordinate respectively. Ligands were drawn and energy was minimized by using MarvinSketch software, 37 saved as mol 2 format, the Gastiger charges were added by AutoDock Vina 37 tools and change the files into PDBQT format. 37 Discovery Studio Client 2019 was used for 2D and 3D molecular interaction. 38 Antioxidant activity by DPPH method (free radical scavenging) The ligands P2HPA, P2NPA and organotin(IV) complexes (1-12) were subjected to DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical) method for antioxidant activity.
In this procedure, about 0.5 mg mL -1 of each compound in corresponding solvents were poured at an equal volume (10 µL) to 90 µL of 100 µM methanolic DPPH in a total volume of 100 µL in dried well plates and incubated at 37 °C for 30 min. The experiment was repeated in triplicate. The Synergy HT BioTek ® USA microplate reader measured the absorbance at 517 nm. The standard antioxidant used was quercetin. The solution of methanolic DPPH served as a negative control. The decrease in absorbance is the indication of increased radical scavenging activity and was measured by the equation 1. 39 Scavenging activity (%) = [(Ac -As)/Ac] × 100 (1) where, As: absorbance of sample and Ac: absorbance of negative control.

Antidiabetic activity
In this study, 24 adult male healthy rabbits weighing about 1 to 2 kg were taken and categorized into eight groups (GI-GVIII) with 3 rabbits in each group. One group served as a control group and the other seven are experimental groups. Rabbits were made diabetic by injecting alloxan at 150 mg kg -1 of body weight. Before injecting alloxan, the normal blood glucose level of all rabbits was determined and noted. After 24 h of alloxan injection, the rabbits were considered as diabetic because the blood glucose levels of all the rabbits were found between 220 to 350 mg dL -1 and were employed to further study. 40 The test solutions of all the compounds were prepared by dissolving different concentrations, i.e., 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 mg of the compounds in DMSO. Metformin acted as a standard drug and was subjected to the control group. After administration of the test solutions to all the diabetic rabbits, the blood sample was collected after every 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 h and blood glucose level was estimated by glucometer (SD Biosensor, INC.) by the glucose oxidase method. 41 The process number of ethics committee associated with article is No. ICS/D-297/20.

FTIR study
The IR spectra of the ligands P2HPA and P2NPA indicated the absence of bands at 3500-3100 cm -1 due to amino group (NH 2 ). A new prominent peak of ν(C-N) appeared at 1270-1200 cm -1 due to the imide linkage and this was the indication of the entrance of N in the anhydride ring. The ν(OH) peak of carboxylic acid was observed at 3300-2500 cm -1 and ν(C-H) at 3200-2961 cm -1 . The stretching frequencies of the carboxylic group emerged as a strong band at about 1750-1620 cm −1 due to ν(COO) asym and at 1740-1610 cm −1 due to ν(COO) sym in ligands. The characteristic ν(N-C=O) peaks of imide linkage were observed at 1790-1760 and 1780-1750 cm -1 . The peaks at 1600-1500 cm −1 were assigned to the aromatic benzene ring (Figures S1-S2, Supplementary Information (SI) section). 22,23 The important ν(COO) asym , ν(COO) sym , ν(Sn-C) and ν(Sn-O) peaks were observed in the spectra of complexes at their proper positions. 42 The vanishing of the broad peak ν(OH) carboxylic acid in the range of 3300-2500 cm −1 and emergence of ν(Sn-O) at 538-502 cm -1 suggested the formation of complexes, deprotonation and coordination of the carboxylate group to tin(IV) metal. [43][44][45] Moreover, it was also observed that the carboxylate group ν(COO) value in metal complexes had been shifted to a lower frequency as compared to that of free ligands which indicated the participation of the ν(COO) group in coordination ( Figures S3-S14, SI section). 46 The carboxylate group coordination mode of a ligand with metal can be determined by the difference in asymmetric ν(COO) asym and symmetric ν(COO) sym frequencies, i.e., Δν(COO). [47][48][49] The Δν values > 200 cm −1 favors monodentate and < 200 cm −1 suggests bidentate coordination while chelation observes if the value is < 150 cm −1 . 50,51 In monomeric complexes (1, 3, 7, 9), ν(COO) asym and ν(COO) sym intense and sharp bands appeared in the range of 1650-1630 and 1472-1440 cm -l , respectively, while the Δν(COO) values were less than 200 cm -1 . This exhibited bidentate coordination of ligands with trans-octahedral geometry (Figure 1a). 52 In dimeric complexes (2,8) intense bands at 502 and 510 cm -1 proposed ring dimeric network of Sn-O-Sn-O with endo and exo tin(IV) atoms with hexa-coordinated geometry and the ν(COO) asym and ν(COO) sym frequencies were in the range of 1628-1608 and 1475-1455 cm -l , respectively ( Figure 1b). 31,52 The distinctive ν(COO) asym and ν(COO) sym frequencies of triorganotin(IV) compounds (4-6, 10-12) appeared in the range of 1686-1610 and 1510-1451 cm -l , respectively, and Δν(COO) values suggested that SnR 3 groups have bidentate coordination with trigonal bipyramidal geometry in solid-state (Figure 1c). [52][53][54] While the ν(Sn-C) stretching vibrations were observed at about 560-512 cm -l for cyclohexyl, butyl and phenyl groups which are in good agreement with the literature. 55 The 1 H NMR study of the ligands P2HPA, P2NPA and metal complexes (1-12) successfully verified their synthesis. The prominent resonance peaks in the 1 H NMR spectra of ligands indicated the presence of -OH proton at 12.00-10.00 ppm while the absence of this signal in the spectra of complexes revealed that during complexation deprotonation of the carboxylic group have taken place (Figures 2a, S15-S16, SI section). 44,45 Moreover, the proton signals of -NH 2 group at the range of 0.5-5.0 ppm were also absent in the spectra of ligands. The multiplet signals of aromatic protons at 7.49-7.24 ppm were observed both in the ligands and also in complexes. The -CH 2 and -CH chemical shifts were found at 1.31-1.20 and 1.45-1.34 ppm in the spectra of ligands and complexes.
The butyl group attached to tin(IV) gave a multiplet signal due to -CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -protons at 2.01-1.14 ppm and a triplet signal at the 0.95-0.80 ppm region due to terminal -CH 3 (Figures 2b, S17-S28, SI section). The proton signals of phenyl were at 7.74-7.15 ppm region and cyclohexyl were found at 1.81-1.14 ppm region, respectively. [56][57][58] The 1 H NMR data confirmed the synthesis of monomer complexes (1, 3, 7, 9) with octahedral geometry (Figure 1a). 59 In case of dimer complexes (2,8) it was presumed that prominent butyl proton signals of endo and exo tin(IV) centers were absent, which indicated the identical environment of exo and endo tin(IV) and thus confirmed a unique view having hexa coordinated geometry with the neighboring tin(IV) center of one unit being linked by other unit through an oxygen atom of the carboxylate group (Figure 1b). 31,60,61 The triorganotin(IV) complexes (4-6, 10-12) verified the tetrahedral structure and exhibited that oxygen of the carboxylate group was coordinated to tin(IV) in this arrangement (Figure 1d). 60 (Figures 2c, S29-S30, SI section). 44,45 However, in complexes the carboxylate group chemical shift values appeared downfield at the range of 177.65-170.25 ppm than the values observed in ligands (Figures 2d, S31-S42, SI section). The chemical shift values of the carboxylate carbon suggested the participation of carboxylate oxygen during complexation. 32,52 The chemical shift values of butyl, phenyl and cyclohexyl groups (Ca, Cb, Cc, Cd) appeared at 29.65-12.12, 143.39-137.61 and 28.89-12.55 ppm, respectively, as reported in literature. 32,52,60 119 Sn NMR study The 119 Sn NMR chemical shift values marked the coordination number and predicted the geometries around tin(IV) atoms. 32 In case of dibutyltin(IV) monomer complexes (1, 3, 7, 9) 119 Sn chemical shift values appeared at 197.54-185.58 ppm, thus confirmed a trans octahedral geometry (Figure 1a). 62 In dimmers (2, 8) the endo and exo cyclic status of tin(IV) was confirmed by two equal intensity peaks at 215.25 and 216.24 ppm, respectively, and substantiated a hexa-coordinated geometry as given in (Figure 1b). 63 While in triorganotin(IV) complexes the chemical shift values at 135.79-123.71, 99.28-96.84 and 9.72-9.15 ppm for butyl, phenyl and cyclohexyl (4-6, 10-12) supported a tetrahedral environment (Figure 1d). 64

Mass spectrometry study
In ligands P2HPA and P2NPA molecular ion peaks at m/z 311 and 340 represented their actual masses and confirmed their synthesis (Schemes 3 and 4 and Figures S43-S44, SI section). 31,32 In the fragmentation of the triorganotin(IV) derivatives (4-6, 10-12) the ligand moiety lost was the cause of major fragmentation. The R groups (butyl, phenyl, cyclohexyl) during fragmentation were lost successively until the Sn 4+ ion resulted. In another possible route, the R groups were lost in the first step and the next step would be the elimination of one molecule of CO 2 . Further, the remaining substituents were lost in successive steps on almost similar patterns (Scheme 5). 31,65 In the diorganotin(IV) derivatives (1-3, 7-9) the major cause of fragmentation was the elimination of the ligand and CO 2 molecule. The R groups (butyl, phenyl, cyclohexyl) and the existing complex counterparts were lost successively until the Sn 4+ ion was obtained. An alternative route followed the loss of R group in first step and then two molecules of CO 2 and remaining R groups. The third rout suggested the loss of CO 2 molecule first and then the remaining substituents including the ligand and R (butyl, phenyl, cyclohexyl) groups (Scheme 6). 33,66 The spectra of all the complexes are presented in Figures S45-S56 (SI section).

Biological studies Antibacterial bioassay
Antibacterial studies of the synthesized ligands P2HPA, P2NPA and complexes 1-12 were performed using four strains of bacteria (S. aureus, B. subtilis, E. coli and P. aeruginosa) as shown in Table 1 and ciprofloxacin was used as a reference drug. The studies suggested that the β-amino acid derivatives were significantly active biological compounds, but the antibacterial activity of their  respective metal complexes was found remarkably higher as compared to the ligands (Figure 3). 67 The chelation and the addition of a substrate were the two factors behind the enhanced activity of the complexes. 68 The triorganotin(IV) complexes (4-6, 10-12) demonstrated greater activity, having values in the range of 32-20 mm, than diorganotin(IV) complexes (1-3, 7-9) that have values in the range of 25-10 mm at 500 ppm dose. It was probably because of the coordination of carboxylate oxygen with substrate, thus resulting in tetrahedral geometry of tin(IV) atom rather than trigonal bipyramid. 69 From this study, the following trend of bacterial inhibition for the organotin(IV) compounds was concluded: triorganotins (alkyl) > triorganotins (aryl) > dimer > monomer > ligand. However, differences were observed between Gram-positive and Gram-negative strains. The compounds were more active for positive strains. The bacterial strains increasing inhibition order was: E. coli > P. aeruginosa > S. aureus > B. subtilis.

Molecular docking studies
The molecular docking studies were performed to find the best predicted binding affinities. To understand the established interaction and antimicrobial effectiveness of  proposed molecules P2HPA and P2NPA with important amino acid residues on the catalytic pocket of methicillinresistant S. aureus (MRSA) was studied. 35 The enzyme selected for docking studies was retrieved from RSCB Protein Data Bank (PDB code 1T2W) with resolution 1.80 Å. The size of the grid was configured keeping in view the size of ligands and important residues of the enzyme, i.e., Ala92, Ala104, Glu105, Ala118, Pro163, Leu169, Gln172, Thr180, Ile182, Trp194, and Ile199. 36 Both ligand P2HPA and P2NPA showed -6.5 kJ mol -1 binding affinities values but different poses of interaction on the catalytic pocket of the enzyme. The ligand P2HPA was found forming the different hydrogen bonds, π-alkyl interactions, and hydrophobic interactions with side chain residues of catalytic pocket. Three hydrogen bond interactions were formed by hydroxyl (-OH) of propanoic acid with Asn114, Gln172 and The180, while the oxygen atom of the carbonyl group of propanoic acid was found in hydrogen bond interaction with amino acid residue Gln178. Moreover, the oxygen atom of the carbonyl group of phthaloyl moiety was found in hydrogen bond interaction with Ser116. In addition, the phenyl rings of ligand P2HPA were found in π-alkyl interactions with Ala104, Leu169 and Ile182. The amino acid residues Arg197, Val168, Pro163 and Asp170 were found forming the hydrophobic interactions with ligand P2HPA (Figures 4a and 4b). 37  The ligand P2NPA was found forming the three hydrogen bond interactions, first between the oxygen atom of the carbonyl group of phthaloyl moiety and Arg197 residue, second between the oxygen atom of the carbonyl group of propanoic acid and Ser116, third between the hydrogen atom of hydroxyl group propanoic acid and Glu105 as hydrogen bond donor. The rest of amino acid residues Ala92, Ala118, Ala184, and Ile1812 showed the weak π-alkyl interactions with phthaloyl phenyl ring, while the amino acid residues Trp194, Thr180 and Val193 displayed the hydrophobic interactions (Figures 4c and  4d). 38 Concluding the molecular docking studies, it can be summarized that the hydroxyl (-OH) substituent on the phenyl ring of propanoic acid was more favorable compared to -NO 2 substituent at same the position which may be due to more electron drawing ability and steric effect of -NO 2 group. More interestingly, the ligand P2HPA which showed the excellent predicted binding interaction in the catalytic pocket also showed the high-value inhibition 22% compared to P2NPA, which showed only 18% inhibition for methicillin-resistant S. aureus.

Antioxidant bioassay
The ligand precursors P2HPA, P2NPA and their metal complexes (1-12) were tested for anti-oxidant activity by DPPH method. 39 For antioxidant activity, the percentage inhibition of all the compounds are given in Table 2 and graphical representation in Figure 5. The results showed that triorganotin(IV) complexes (4-6, 10-12) demonstrated more activity with the inhibition values in the range of 90.13-87.24% than the other diorganotin(IV) metal complexes, while it was observed that complexes showed much better values than the ligands. The effect of triorganotin(IV) aggregates on DPPH radical scavenging might be due to their hydrogen donation capacity. A possible exchanging mechanism was observed in such cases which can donate a proton and convert free radical DPPH to stable DPPH-H. The triorganotin(IV) complexes (4-6, 10-12) were most capable for radical exchange with DPPH thus resulting in enhanced antioxidant activity. The order of antioxidant inhibition can be concluded as triorganotin > dimer > monomer > ligand.

Antidiabetic bioassay
In the present study 3-phthalimido-3(2-hydroxyphenyl) propanoic acid (P2HPA) and their organotin(IV) complexes (1-6) were evaluated for their in vivo antidiabetic activity in diabetic rabbits induced by alloxan. 70 The study was administered on eight groups (GI-GVIII) having 3 rabbits in each group to estimate the hypoglycemic effect of 3 increasing doses (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mg kg -1 of body weight). The results were collected and for reference the experimental groups (GI-GVII) results were compared with the control group (GVIII) having metformin injected rabbits. The grouping of animals and the results obtained are summarized in Table 3 and comparison of average blood glucose level of three increasing concentrations is given in Figure 6.  After 3, 6, 9, 12, and 24 h of treatment, a considerable trend in blood glucose level was noticed. 71 The blood sugar level dropped significantly by treatment with complexes (1-6) in (GI-GVI), respectively. This decrease was more significant with high dose of test solutions. The high dose effect of the complexes in GI-GVI was almost similar 190 All alloxan induced rabbits were randomly divided into eight groups (n = 8); metformin was used as standard drug and served as a positive control. P2HPA: 3-phthalimido-3(2-hydroxyphenyl) propanoic acid. to metformin effect. The blood sugar level dropped down quickly at 3 and 6 h stabilized at the 9 h to about 175-105 mg dL -1 and then increased after 24 h of treatment. The possible reason for the increase of glucose level in the rabbit body was probably due to the decrease of injected compounds through metabolic excretion from the body. In case of ligand in GVII an opposite trend was seen. At first, the blood sugar levels increased rapidly, almost came to the normal levels with the passage of time and then stabilized between 198-170 mg dL -1 after 24 h of treatment. Thus, we can conclude that complexes 1-6 seemed more effective in lowering the blood sugar level as metformin in diabetic rabbits probably due to chelation or the addition of substrate. On the other hand, a noticeable variation was also observed among blood sugar level trends in all the experimental groups (GI-GVII) of diabetic rabbits. 72

Conclusions
N-Phthalimido derivatives of β-amino acids and monomeric (1, 3, 7, 9), dimeric (2, 8) and triorganotin(IV) complexes (4-6, 10-12) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, 119 Sn NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The FTIR spectra of complexes confirmed the deprotonation of ligand precursors by the vanishing of ν(OH) peak at 3300-2500 cm -1 . The 1 H NMR spectra of organotin(IV) complexes also confirmed their synthesis by deprotonation because the downfield region showed the absence of chemical shift for -OH proton at 12.00-10.00 ppm. The 13 C NMR, 119 Sn NMR and mass spectrometric data were also in agreement with FTIR and 1 H NMR illustrations. The results verified monodentate coordination of the triorganotin(IV) complexes with tetrahedral geometry in solid form and bidentate coordination with trigonal bipyramidal geometry in solution form. Diorganotin(IV) complexes exhibited bidentate coordination with transoctahedral geometry as monomers and a hexa-coordinated geometry as dimmers.
In general, ligands showed excellent predicted binding interactions which proved that such type of ligands can interact with the catalytic pocket of sortase A, (PDB ID 1T2W) an enzyme of S. aureus (MRSA), as evaluated by the docking studies. The biological screening of synthesized compounds revealed that metal complexes here presented were biologically more active than their isolated ligands and exhibited significant antibacterial, antioxidant and antidiabetic activities. Thus, we can conclude, on the broad perspective, that they can further be useful for humankind as antimicrobial, antioxidant and antihyperglycemic agents after their detailed and careful investigation.

Supplementary Information
Supplementary information (FTIR, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR and EI-MS of the synthesized compounds) is available free of charge at http://jbcs.sbq.org.br as a PDF file.