%0 Journal Article %T Synthesis, Structural, Spectroscopic, Thermal, Optical Studies and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis of a New Aluminum Complex: (C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>9</sub>N<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>[Al(C<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>]·3H<sub>2</sub>O %A Amal Arouri %A Rihab Dridi %A Laurent Jouffret %A Mohamed Faouzi Zid %J Crystal Structure Theory and Applications %P 29-43 %@ 2169-2505 %D 2019 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/csta.2019.83003 %X The compound, tris-(5-methylbenzimidazole) tris-(oxalato)-aluminate (III) trihydrate, (C8H9N2)3[Al(C2O4)3]กค3H2O, was synthesized by slow evaporation at room temperature and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction and X-ray powder diffraction, infrared (IR), ultraviolet (UV-visible) spectroscopies, and thermal analysis. The results show that this complex crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/c, with the mesh parameters a = 13.499(7) &Aring;, b = 14.872(9) &Aring;, c = 16.995(5)