Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
4-Cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl is a commonly used nematic liquid crystal with the chemical formula C18H19N. It frequently goes by the common name 5CB. 5CB was first synthesized by George William Gray Ken Harrison and J.A. Nash at the University of Hull in 1972 and at the time it was the first member of the cyanobiphenyls.
