Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, antiobesity and hypocholesterolemic compounds of formula (I) their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them, to a process for preparing such compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel alkyl carboxylic acids of the general, their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them, to a process for preparing such compounds.