Antimicrobial efficiency of diorganotin(IV) bis-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-methylacrylate]

Abstract

Four new diorganotin(IV) carboxylates, [n-Bu₂SnL₂] (1), [Et₂SnL₂] (2), [Me₂SnL₂] (3) and [n-Oct₂SnL₂] (4), where L = 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-methylacrylate, were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, multinuclear NMR (¹H, ¹³C, and ¹¹⁹Sn) and X-ray single crystal analysis for 1. A chelating bidentate ligand and six-coordinate tin centers were confirmed in the solid state by IR for all complexes and for 1 by X-ray single crystal analysis. The NMR study has shown a decrease in the coordination number of tin in solution. The complexes were screened for their in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activities. A compromised lipo/hydrophilicity and a diffusion controlled antimicrobial activity was shown by the complexes in the order 1 > 2>3 > 4. Molecular docking studies have shown hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions for 1 with the target proteins of the antimicrobial strains.

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Keywords:

• Organotin
• antibacterial
• antifungal
• crystal structure
• molecular docking

Acknowledgements

We are thankful to the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan for the financial support.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.