To investigate the vacuum-deposited films of the banana-shaped mesogens, we prepared a three-ring bent-core (that is, banana-shaped) compound m-bis(4-p- octoxysryrenyl)benzene (m-OSB) and used it as a prototype for studying the related film physics. Herein the synthesis and the structural characterization of m-OSB are reported. 13C and 1H NMR spectra and IR spectrum confirm that m-OSB has a symmetric and all-trans conformation. The results of differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffractometry indicate that no liquid crystalline phase but two crystalline phases are present in this material: phase I (T